Notre Dame Fire

Paris’ deputy mayor says Notre Dame’s organ, among the world’s most famous and biggest, remains intact after a devastating fire at the French capital’s main cathedral. Emmanuel Gregoire says a plan to protect Notre Dame’s treasures was rapidly and successfully activated. The organ dates to the 1730s and was constructed by Francois Thierry. It boasts an estimated eight-thousand pipes. With the fire now declared extinguished this morning, Gregoire also described “enormous relief” at the salvaging of pieces such as the purported Crown of Christ.