 Michael Harrington, SRN News. Officials in France say the spire of a medieval cathedral in Rouen did not suffer major damage from a fire that broke out recently. The church, a major landmark in northern France, was under renovation. It has been reopened now. Witnesses in Rouen were jittery since the memory of Paris' Notre Dame blaze is still etched in the national consciousness. It caught fire five years ago while also undergoing renovation work.