From reports that I've read most of Notre Dame was untouched by the fire. The building is made of stone and what caught fire was the wooden beams of the roof and the scaffolding that had been erected as part of the repairs.
Notre Dame lost its spire but the bell towers, stained glass remain intact as well as the artifacts within had mostly been removed to accommodate the renovations.
From Washington Post:
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As the smoke cleared from the sky Tuesday, it was almost possible to look head-on at the church — to see its carved statues and two rectangular bell towers — and imagine that all was intact. Much of the valuable art and relics had been saved. Even the exquisite stained glass windows remained in place, seemingly immune to the previous day’s flames.
But that belied the somber accounting of all that had been lost, and how the religious and architectural landmark at Paris’s center had been altered. The church’s trademark steeple, part of the Parisian skyline since the mid-1800s, had been swallowed in the flames. Char and smoke marks licked portions of the walls. And the roof — with its centuries-old wood — had been destroyed like tinder, leaving gaping holes that let sunlight shine into the cathedral Tuesday.
edit: I've just looked at several pictures that show the intact stained glass windows. and roses.
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