French President Emmanuel Macron: 'We'll rebuild Notre Dame together'
"Notre Dame is burning, and I know the sadness, and this tremor felt by so many fellow French people. But tonight, I'd like to speak of hope too," he said, announcing the launch of a fundraising campaign.
Hundreds of firefighters have been working to get the blaze under control, which has burned for hours.While the blaze has clearly been huge, aerial photographs have revealed the full extent of the blaze in the 800-year-old cathedral.World leaders express shock, sadness over Notre Dame fire Canadian President Justin Trudeau said it was "absolutely heartbreaking", and Canadians were "thinking of our friends in France as you fight this devastating fire."
"It really feels like something huge has happened. People are just sort of wandering the streets in disbelief. No-one is laughing or anything like that," she told Nine.
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