What terrible news - what caused such a massive blaze in this magnificent near to 800 year old building? What a disaster - listening to Sky News some for the onlookers seems to think it was done intentionally - but there is no real proof of anything yet.
Paris Prosecutors' Office said it has started an Inquiry into the Notre Dame Cathedral Fire.
I suspect terrorism but one has to wait for the facts to be established.
One would think a national treasure like Notre Dame would be adequately protected against any fire hazard.
You would think the owner of the place would have the power to stop it wouldn't you
I got rather angry when I look at this horrible fire. Nothing can be done to replace this marvelous building. Yes, they will repair it but the original material is forever lost. Very, very sad.
I can not believe that the safety of the building was not determined with models and the impact a potential fire could have and what fire protection action should have been in place to combat any fire.
Churches are being attacked every week in France.
Wonder if the truth will come out.
A true tragedy.
Hope it was an accident and not an islamic zealot.
..not hard to imagine how an open flame used by a roofer doing renovations could easily catch on some insulaton and spread quickly...happens quite a bit... tar paper is highly flammable... a dry old building like that's probab ly full of borer is epecially susceptible..
... this kind of tragedy makes one wonder ... just how stupid are the French ... ??
One would think that with their recent terror attacks they would have secured priceless building like this ... among other things.
They have such a rich history, going back centuries.
When are they going to wake up?
We are talking here of the fact that it is one of the oldest surviving structures of more than 800 hundred years of age in Europe. Historically it was always important to the French and it will be rebuilt - but much of the historic structure components will be lost.
I still wonder how it started. The French may yet come out with an explanation - to guess about a blowtorch starting it is ingenious - but highly unlikely.
As an apprentice i remember the old hands talking of soldering / brazing incidents where the building paper has caught resulting in fires so a bucket of water was always on hand ...simce then silicone rubber has replaced much of that as a way of joining metals ...but a building like this one would b e a lot of copper and lead and therefore the need to weld , braze //solder i imagine in the interest of maintaing authenticity and integrity......so accidents can happen and do...building sites are inherently hazardous... that said could also be electrical fault/ wiring that caused it... anyones guess
SB
Who was that eye-witness and what was his hunch?
Should not laugh about this one - it certainly as from a cultural point of view a massive tragedy.
The owner of the renovation team says all his staff were off site when the fire started.
In 2018 over 800 churches in France were vandalused/desecrated. Wonder by who.
According to the Sun UK 875 French churches were vandalized in France in 2018.
Of course hate crimes against Jews have rocketed.
Any ideas oaks?
Must be the Dragon then Beenz.
Certain ly the Dragon is at the bottom of it all!
The latest report is that the Police has arrested a person they allege was responsible for starting the fire. There was some reference to lighter fuel maybe used for lighting candles in the cathedral. Full story not provided as yet.