(Lionel Cironneau and Michel Euler | The Associated Press) At left is a1987 file photo of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and at right is an image from April 15, 2019 of Notre Dame on fire. Firefighters declared success Tuesday April 16, 2019 morning in an over 12-hour battle to extinguish an inferno engulfing Paris' iconic Notre Dame cathedral that claimed its spire and roof, but spared its bell towers.