A year ago today, a fire began in the world-famous Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, with images of the building engulfed in flames sending shockwaves around the world.
The blaze destroyed its roof and toppled its 300ft, 750-tonne spire, as the cathedral was undergoing renovations on April 15, 2019.
The Paris landmark remains empty from tourists, while wooden buttresses and scaffolding surround the 12th Century building.
Patrick Chauvet, rector of Notre Dame told the BBC the cathedral is still very "fragile".
"It just takes a storm, a tornado, and it will move," he said. "When the old scaffolding that is welded together is removed, then we can say the cathedral is 100 per cent saved.
"Notre Dame is an 850-year-old lady. She's an injured, old lady."
The restrictions in place to manage the spread of the coronavirus has meant that all restoration work on the Paris landmark has temporarily stopped.
Lead contamination also posed obstacles for specialists working on restoring the cathedral and there were long delays after the fire before work could be started.
At the time of the fire around 400 firefighters worked throughout the night to tackle the blaze, battling to stop it wreaking complete destruction.
Crowds of people flocked to the scene of the fire to view the damage and take pictures and millions of pounds were soon donated to rebuild the cathedral.
One French billionaire pledged €100 million to the cause.
The scaffolding on the Notre Dame should be removed by mid-2020 and French President Emmanuel Macron has said he wants the cathedral rebuilt by 2024, when Paris hosts the Summer Olympics.
Jean-Louis Georgelin, the army general in charge of the rebuilding, believes the 2024 reopening date can still be achieved.
He told L'Express magazine: "If everyone rolls up their sleeves and the work is well planned, it is conceivable that returning the cathedral to a place of worship within five years will not be an impossible feat.
"Obviously, the area around the cathedral will be far from finished, and perhaps the spire will not be completed, but the cathedral will once again be a place of worship and this is our aim."
