THE boss of a company carrying out renovations on Notre Dame boasted about his firm’s expertise in dealing with historic buildings.

Julien Le Bras’ company is one of five which had been hired to work on renovations to the Notre Dame cathedral's roof when a devastating fire broke out.

Various officials have suggested the fire could have been linked to the renovation work.

Le Bras Freres won the £5million contract to repair the spire of the Paris landmark which went up in flames around 6.45pm local time on Monday night.

Prosecutors in Paris have began a criminal enquiry and focus also turned to restoring the 850 year old cathedral.

In a video posted online when the 32-year-old Le Bras said: "We are proud of our work on historic buildings.

"We have the technical ability and the competence for his work. Our first thought is to protect the values of historical buildings, it's in our DNA."

After the fire he said the company has 12 workers involved in the refurbishment, though none were on site at the time of the fire.

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