Huge Fire Rages near Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris

World | April 7, 2007, Saturday // 00:00
Huge Fire Rages near Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris Huge fire broke in France's capital but was quickly extinguished by more than 130 firefighters. File photo by BBC

A residential building near the Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica in Paris burst into flames on Saturday.

More than 130 firemen managed to extinguish the huge fire in about an hour and a half.

All the residents of the burning building and the people from the nearby ones were evacuated in time.

The flames broke in a movie studio, located in a warehouse in the building on Saint Louis Island.

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