Building works re-start in Paris' fire-ravaged Notre Dame

Works have restarted in Paris' fire-ravaged Notre Dame cathedral after a hiatus linked to the coronavirus pandemic.

On Monday morning operations began to dismantle scaffolding that was already in place before the April 2019 fire amid previous restoration efforts on the old structures.

This current phase of works has been deemed highly dangerous because the scaffolding weighs over 200 tons, and is thought to have melted together in areas because of the heat of the blaze.

Technicians will access the interior of the cathedral by rope to dismantle the 40,000 tubes, one by one.

Workers are lifted onto the roof of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.

This phase is expected to last three months.

Workers are lifted to Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.

Workers suspended from ropes will be lowered into the charred remains of scaffolding that melted atop Notre Dame when the cathedral went up in flames and begin the delicate job of dismantling the 200 tons of metal.

Workers start removing the scaffolding at Notre Dame cathedral.

President Emmanuel Macron announced a timeline of five years for the conservation works, a figure widely deemed unrealistic. | Flames are doused through the scaffolding erected on the roof of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral after a fire broke out on April 15, 2019.