Fire Ravages Notre Dame Cathedral: Pictures

Smoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral in central Paris. FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images
The steeple of the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral collapses as it is engulfed in flames in central Paris. GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP/Getty Images
Fire fighters douse flames of the burning Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Flames rise from Notre Dame Cathedral as it burns in Paris. AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Smoke billows as fire engulfs the spire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
People watch the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral burning in central Paris. The fire broke out as renovation work was being carried out at the site. Nicolas Liponne/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Smoke billows as fire engulfs the spire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Flames rise from Notre Dame Cathedral as it burns in Paris. AP Photo/Thibault Camus
Notre-Dame de Paris, built in 1163, on fire. Stoyan Vassev\TASS via Getty Images
Smoke billows as fire engulfs the spire of Notre Dame Cathedral. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Bystanders look on as flames and smoke billow from Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. PATRICK ANIDJAR/AFP/Getty Images
Flames and smoke billowing from the roof at Notre Dame Cathedral. PATRICK ANIDJAR/AFP/Getty Images
Smoke billows as fire engulfs the spire of Notre Dame Cathedral. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
A man watches the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral burn in central Paris. GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP/Getty Images