World ‘The fire is out’: Paris firefighters succeed after 12-hour battle to extinguish Notre Dame Cathedral blaze April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 Kim Hjelmgaard and Rebecca Rosman, USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘The fire is out’: Paris firefighters succeed after 12-hour battle to extinguish Notre Dame Cathedral blaze The Notre Dame Cathedral fire, which engulfed the iconic 800-year-old house of worship in the French capital, was extinguished at 3:30 a.m Tuesday, officials said.