Before and after photos of the Notre-Dame Cathedral fire show devastating damage to the iconic site
- The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, caught fire on Monday evening.
- Firefighters worked all night to extinguish the blaze.
- The full extent of the destruction is not known, but the church's iconic spire collapsed within an hour of the fire starting.
- Some of its domes have also caved in.
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The 850-year-old Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, caught fire on Monday evening to the horror of onlookers in Paris and around the world.
Firefighters worked through the night to extinguish the blaze. According to The New York Times, the building was found to be structurally sound, but it will never be the same.
Here's what the Notre-Dame Cathedral looked like before and after the fire.
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The Notre-Dame Cathedral's spire used to be visible for miles.
Construction of the Notre-Dame Cathedral began in 1163, but it wasn't completed until 1345.
The spire collapsed after sustaining heavy damage from the fire.
The spire's collapse was caught on video. It was initially added to the cathedral as a bell tower in 1852.
At 226 feet high, the cathedral's two towers were the tallest structures in Paris until the Eiffel Tower was constructed in 1889.
Before the fire, visitors could climb up hundreds of steps to a gallery at the top.
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