Watch: How Notre-Dame cathedral burned

Paris’s Notre-Dame, an icon of christianity in France, blazed through the night after catching fire in the early evening. 

Onlookers watched in horror as one of the world’s most famous spires collapsed, followed by the 12th century cathedral’s roof. 

400 firefighters battled the flames overnight, finally gaining the upper hand at around midnight. 

Watch how the fire in one of the most visited buildings in the world unfolded.