From the newsroom of the Washington Post.

It's Robert Samuels from the Washington Post.

Post is Sarah Kaplan.

Hi, this is Elaheiz Adi with the Washington Post.

This is Post Reports.

I am Martin Powers.

It's Monday, April 15th.

Today, a massive fire at Paris is Notre Dame.

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I walked into a colleague's office and I was going to ask him about something.

And he pointed at his computer screen and did you see Notre Dame?

Is on fire.

And I saw the image on the computer screen and just gasped.

Robert McCartney is a senior regional correspondent at the post.

But for two and a half wonderful years, I was the managing editor of the International

Herald Tribune in Paris and visited Notre Dame many times.

I have a strong emotional attachment to that building and to that site in the heart of the city.

Just before 7pm local time on Monday, reports went out of a fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

A few minutes later, the whole church was consumed in flames.

Within an hour, the church's iconic wood inspired toppled over.

According to Paris Police, there are no reports of deaths or injuries.

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