Notre Dame: believe that the fire was not intentional and assess the damage – Telam

Parisians and tourists cry the day after the fire of Notre Dame

French authorities give priority to the hypothesis of an accidental origin of the fire that devastated part of the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, while the firefighters spokesman said that "The fire had been totally extinguished".

"Nothing for the moment corresponds to a voluntary act," Paris prosecutor Rémi Heitz, head of the investigation, told reporters, according to the EFE news agency.

On the other hand, spokesman for firefighters, Gabriel Plus, said the fire that devastated yesterday afternoon part of the cathedral had extinguished this dawn in its entirety, although they can remain residual foci.

"The fire has been extinguished in its entirety," said Mr. Plus in a statement to the press, before stating that "there could be residual fires" and that a hundred firefighters would continue to work all day.

"His mission will also be to extract, with the help of experts, works of art that could not be removed," he said.

The fire-fighting services estimate that the fire has spread through a thousand-square-foot roof, although the goal that had been fixed, which was to preserve the towers north and south, has been reached.