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MORE ON NOTRE DAME FIRE - Ron Di Lalla - Realtor - Orange County
Its iconic twin bell towers remained visibly intact. Paris officials said the world-famous 18th-century organ that boasts 8,000 pipes also appeared to have survived, along with other treasures inside the cathedral, after a plan to safeguard heritage was quickly put into action.
Paris Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire described authorities' "enormous relief" at the salvaging of pieces such as the purported Crown of Christ, which were transported to a "secret location" after the fire. Statues removed just days ago for restoration work were also spared.
At dawn, the twin 69-meter towers swarmed with building specialists and architects.
"The entire fire is out," declared Paris firefighters' spokesman Gabriel Plus, adding that workers were "surveying the movement of structures and extinguishing smoldering residues."
"The task is — now the risk of fire has been put aside — about the building, how the structure will resist," said Junior Interior Minister Laurent Nunez in front of the cathedral.
One of the city's five senior vicars, Philippe Marsset, told AP: "If God intervened (in the blaze) it was in the courage of the firefighters."
"Notre Dame was destroyed but the soul of France was not," Michel Aupetit, archbishop of Paris said on RMC radio. Officials consider the fire an accident, possibly as a ... more

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