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Notre Dame on fire (2 Viewers)

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  • Start date Apr 15, 2019
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Corrado

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #1
Very sad- looks bad.

 
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Ashdown

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #2
Shocking stuff, I've been twice, it's exquisite and a National treasure to the French !
 
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xcraigx

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #3
The sky reporter on the scene reckons he can't see any effort to put the fire out. That surely cannot be right, it's been burning 90 minutes.

And right on queue, footage of fire fighters fighting the flames. I'm not sure how someone on the scene can fail to miss them ffs.
 

Johnnythespider

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #4
xcraigx said:
The sky reporter on the scene reckons he can't see any effort to put the fire out. That surely cannot be right, it's been burning 90 minutes.

And right on queue, footage of fire fighters fighting the flames. I'm not sure how someone on the scene can fail to miss them ffs.
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Yes they are there but they appear to be aiming a water pistol at it.
 

Paul Anthony

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #5
The main spire has collapsed, not sure how much of it they're going to be able to save. The roof looks completely wrecked. I suppose that's the big problem with old buildings, lots of timber and lead.
 

Captain Dart

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #6
xcraigx said:
The sky reporter on the scene reckons he can't see any effort to put the fire out. That surely cannot be right, it's been burning 90 minutes.

And right on queue, footage of fire fighters fighting the flames. I'm not sure how someone on the scene can fail to miss them ffs.
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It is on an island. Not easy to get to.
 

Paul Anthony

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #7
It's awful watching on Sky news. I would imagine it's a very accurate reflection of what happened to ours in the blitz. It's just a shell, the entire roof is just gone.
 

vow

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #8
Beautiful City, what a great shame.
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #9
Genuinely saddened by this. The sort of thing you expect will always be there.
 
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lifeskyblue

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #10
A beautiful building destroyed. Awful for Paris. Now Paris fire service say they may not be able to save any of it.


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Captain Dart

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #11
Gas tanks and Arabic documents found in unmarked car by Paris' Notre Dame cathedral spark terror fears
 
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Ashdown

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #12
This would be an incredible act of defiance and revenge if this ever turned out to be the work of terrorists .
 

Westendlad

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #13
Ashdown said:
This would be an incredible act of defiance and revenge if this ever turned out to be the work of terrorists .
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Heard that restoration work is being carried out so probably just an accident.....A shite one at that.
 
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Paul Anthony

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #14
One firefighter seriously injured, apparently.
 

ajsccfc

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #15
Apparently any heavy duty firefighting that might ordinarily take place on a fire of this scale would do more damage to it than good, fighting a losing battle by the sounds of it.
 

Corrado

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #16
Captain Dart said:
Gas tanks and Arabic documents found in unmarked car by Paris' Notre Dame cathedral spark terror fears
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From 2016
 
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Captain Dart

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #17
Corrado said:
From 2016
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Whoops. Sorry did not check date.

However..
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #18
I've never been to Paris but this is dreadfully sad.
 

clint van damme

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #19
Westendlad said:
Heard that restoration work is being carried out so probably just an accident.....A shite one at that.
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That was a waste of time and money!
 

ajsccfc

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #20
If they can at least retain the front towers and rebuild around them that'd be something.
 

Corrado

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #21
fernandopartridge said:
I've never been to Paris but this is dreadfully sad.
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Probably the most interesting city I have been to. Love it
 

dutchman

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #22
ajsccfc said:
If they can at least retain the front towers and rebuild around them that'd be something.
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They could build a new cathedral next to it!
 

Corrado

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #23
dutchman said:
They could build a new cathedral next to it!
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A floating one?
 

Captain Dart

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  • Apr 15, 2019
  • #24
Macron has pledged it will be rebuilt
 

Paul Anthony

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  • Apr 16, 2019
  • #25
A picture on Twitter I just saw actually shows the inside hasn't suffered much damage, relatively speaking that is. I'd imagine a rebuild is entirely possible, and actually easier than it could have been.
 

ajsccfc

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  • Apr 16, 2019
  • #26
Saw this, could have been a lot worse than it seems to have ended up luckily

 
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rob9872

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  • Apr 16, 2019
  • #27
If you want a cathedral we've got one to spare ...
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Apr 16, 2019
  • #28
Captain Dart said:
Macron has pledged it will be rebuilt
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Using eu money
 
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dutchman

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  • Apr 16, 2019
  • #29
Terry Gibson's perm said:
Using eu money
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To be fair, I'm totally in favour of Macron using EU money to rebuild Notre Fame provided Peugot return car manufacturing to Ryton.
 
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eastwoodsdustman

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  • Apr 16, 2019
  • #30
Wonder if they’ll riot about tax increases if its being used towards the rebuild.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Apr 16, 2019
  • #31
ajsccfc said:
Saw this, could have been a lot worse than it seems to have ended up luckily

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Yup, a massive relief in many ways.

What we forget often though is buildings are alive. They shift, they change through the ages - it's only recently that we try and preserve things in a fixed state. This is a mere scar on its history.
 
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Ashdown

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  • Apr 16, 2019
  • #32
Not sure if this is the first time that it has suffered a fire over it's 850 years. Quite surprising if not with all those candles around. Looks fixable thankfully but having seen the repair estimates for Westminster I'd guess it will be a fortune to be paid over a very long time. I was sat in there 4 1/2 years ago with my wife and two of our daughters, marvelling at the place.
 

richnrg

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  • Apr 16, 2019
  • #33
fernandopartridge said:
I've never been to Paris but this is dreadfully sad.
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don't worry, there's still time for you to go.
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Apr 16, 2019
  • #34
I hope they evacuated the hunchback
 

bezzer

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  • Apr 16, 2019
  • #35
Shocking to see the pictures and live feed yesterday.
Thankfully, it looks like the walls and spans are ok.
It's a beautiful building, I really hope it can be rebuilt.
 
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