President Emmanuel Macron cancelled a major televised policy speech he was due to give on Monday evening over the "terrible fire ravaging Notre-Dame." By AFPMore by this AuthorPARISA huge fire swept through the roof of the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in central Paris on Monday evening, sending flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the sky. The flames and smoke plumed from the spire and roof of the gothic cathedral, visited by millions of people a year. A spokesman for the cathedral said that the wooden structure supporting the roof was being gutted by the blaze. US President Donald Trump in a tweet said: "So horrible to watch the massive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

Source: Daily Nation April 15, 2019 17:37 UTC