Daily Mail: 'The inferno cannot be stopped': Fire chiefs say blaze ravaging Notre Dame cathedral is out of control after spire COLLAPSES and the entire roof of the stunning 850-year-old building burns to ashes
* Officials in Paris said a large operation had been launched in an attempt to bring the raging fire under control
* Pictures from around the city posted on social media showed flames licking up Notre Dame's famous spire
* The fire was first reported at 5.50pm (GMT) on Monday and the building was evacuated soon afterwards
* Authorities say there were no deaths from the fire although declined to comment on the number of injuries
French fire chiefs have warned the devastating inferno which ravaged the world-famous Notre Dame cathedral this evening evening 'cannot be stopped'.
An official in the French interior ministry said saving the building 'is not certain' after the spire and part of the roof collapsed earlier this evening - adding that it may not be possible to stop the blaze consuming yet more of the structure.
A spokesman for the cathedral said the entire wooden frame of the cathedral would likely come down, and that the vault of the edifice could be threatened too.
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