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Now playing Next France Victor Hugo already described flames in Notre Dame cathedral "On the crest of the highest gallery, higher than the central rose window, there was a great flame rising between the two towers with whirlwinds of sparks, a vast, disordered, and furious flame," he wrote. 15/04/2019