Macron tweets ’emotion of a whole nation’ on seeing Notre-Dame ablaze

French President Emmanuel Macron expresses the “emotion of a whole nation” on seeing the famed Notre-Dame cathedral ablaze and its spire collapse.

“Notre-Dame consumed by flames. Emotion of a whole nation,” Macron tweets, adding that “like all my compatriots I am sad to see a part of us burn this evening” and expressing solidarity with “all Catholics and all French people.”

Macron, who cancelled a major policy speech to follow events, is on his way to the scene.

The steeple of the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral collapses as the cathedral is engulfed in flames in central Paris on April 15, 2019. (Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)

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