Cathedral of Notre Dame is in fire

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- A blaze broke out inside Paris' Notre Dame cathedral on Monday, AFP reported.

As the representative of the cathedral told Le Figaro, a fire report was received at approximately 6:50 pm local time. A spokesman for the Paris firefighters noted that it happened in the attic of the building.

All people, who were in the building of the cathedral, were evacuated. Firemen cordoned off a large perimeter around the building. About victims currently not reported.

Notre Dame de Paris was built for almost two hundred years - from the middle of the twelfth to the middle of the fourteenth century. It is one of the most famous sights of Paris.