Notre-Dame fire: Cathedral ‘was 15 minutes from destruction’ say officials as Macron pledges to rebuild it in five years

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Notre-Dame cathedral was just minutes away from being totally consumed by the huge fire that destroyed its roof and spire, the French government said on Monday night.

“Just 15 minutes or half an hour later and it would have been too late to save it,” Laurent Nunez, the junior interior minister, told reporters outside the cathedral as firefighters quenched the smouldering remains of the roof.

The majority of the structure and many of its artefacts were saved, after firefighters risked their lives to salvage…

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