French Gothic design featuring masonry walls and tree trunk-sized wooden beams made the building a tinderbox, US fire administrator says

Israeli leaders join international community in showing solidarity with French people in wake of devastating fire at iconic cathedral

Witness to hundreds of years of war, loss and triumph, the hulking cathedral and its iconic gargoyles have come to represent France's spiritual and historic heart

Beyond keeping the architectural gem from being engulfed, some 400 firefighters protected the area where most precious relics, like the Crown of Thorns, were kept

Building at the center of Paris, both spiritually and physically, was damaged during both the Renaissance and the 18th century

Firefighters manage to tamp down flames before main structure of 850-year-old church engulfed; international fundraising drive to rehabilitate building to begin Tuesday

Two main towers no longer in danger of collapse as firefighters continue to work to contain massive blaze at 850-year-old heritage site in central Paris

Government and church officials in Israel bemoan fire threatening to destroy landmark cathedral, which has stood in Paris for 850 years

Despite priceless damage to historic Paris church, 16 statues that had been on the roof removed last week for restoration

Firefighters battling blaze at French capital’s iconic medieval church; Macron: 'Our Lady of Paris in flames'