Paris • Authorities are assessing the stability of Notre Dame Cathedral after a fire ripped through the iconic monument in central Paris and seriously damaged large parts of the structure.
"Fire risk being now removed, it's now about the building itself," deputy interior minister Laurent Nunez said early Tuesday morning after visiting the iconic 850-year-old Gothic monument.
Firemen were still hosing the south side of the transept to cool down the building, and a district around the cathedral was sealed, as military and police patrolled the area. Experts met at 8 a.m. local time to determine if the building structure is stable and if firemen can now work inside to cool the building, Nunez said.