Nantes cathedral ravaged in fire
17 Jun 2015 4:23 AM IST
A fire is ravaging a 19th-century basilica in the western French city of Nantes, leaving just a shell of the rooftop remaining.
The fire began just after morning mass on Monday and everyone inside was quickly evacuated, Father Benoit Bertrand of the Nantes diocese told BFM television.
Forty firefighters and aircraft were <g data-gr-id="16">deployed</g> but the flames quickly ravaged the rooftop of the Basilique St Donatien, leaving just a shell.
“I see flames still escaping,” Bertrand said.
Images of the historic basilica showed charred stone arches across what had been the roof, with smoke and open flames across the structure.
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