Notre Dame: the most in depth coverage available (photos, videos, diagrams)

Half an hour from COLLAPSE: Firefighters saved Notre Dame with moments to spare reveals minister – but blaze still took its toll on priceless artifacts after crews failed to find the fire for 23 minutes after first smoke alarm sounded

• Several of Notre Dame's most prized artefacts are said to have been damaged in the devastating inferno
• Franck Riester, France's culture minister, said the great organ and several paintings had been affected
• Heroic rescue team charged into the burning cathedral and saved the 850-year-old building from destruction 
• Notre Dame's roof and spire collapsed but priceless treasures including reputed crown of Thorns were saved  
• Police currently interviewing specialist restorers who were carrying out works on the cathedral's iconic spire 
• Authorities currently treating blaze as a tragic accident caused by a 'stray flame' and not arson or terrorism
• Two of France's richest men have pledged 300million euros with the total donor tally at over 600million  

By PETER ALLEN IN PARIS and GEORGE MARTIN and ALEXANDER ROBERTSON and TIM STICKINGS FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 20:57 EDT, 16 April 2019 | UPDATED: 06:21 EDT, 17 April 2019

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