foxfanazer Posted 15 April 2019 Posted 15 April 2019 That's awful. I much preferred Notre Dame to the Eiffel tower when I visited Paris
Wymsey Posted 15 April 2019 Posted 15 April 2019 Hopefully a terrorist attack is ruled out.. Sad to see. France hasn't had much luck at all for a few years.
AjcW Posted 15 April 2019 Posted 15 April 2019 As with many recent fires (Mandarin in London for example), can clearly see construction work ongoing, already said to be the potential cause. Was talking to my friend who is a chartered surveyor, said it's only going to keep happening more and more as bottom line is pushed and regulations aren't stuck to.
Carl the Llama Posted 15 April 2019 Posted 15 April 2019 What an awful shame, such an iconic piece of history and architecture. Hopefully they can prevent too much damage
stripeyfox Posted 15 April 2019 Posted 15 April 2019 A beautiful church. Although I'm not in any way religious, I love church and cathedral architecture. Loved Notre Dame when I visited many years ago so very sad to see. Fire looks to be badly out of control. Roof will be all gone soon, very sad
TheUltimateWinner Posted 15 April 2019 Posted 15 April 2019 The live streams people are posting makes it look really bad, seems to be getting worse as time goes on. Definitely out of control.
stripeyfox Posted 15 April 2019 Posted 15 April 2019 Sky News reporting central spire has collapsed into the fire
stripeyfox Posted 15 April 2019 Posted 15 April 2019 Kay Burley will no doubt inform us "the whole of France is in flames"....
Guest Electric Yetis Posted 15 April 2019 Posted 15 April 2019 1 minute ago, stripeyfox said: Kay Burley will no doubt inform us "the whole of France is in flames".... You can see the sadness in the eyes of the local dogs.
stripeyfox Posted 15 April 2019 Posted 15 April 2019 Donald Trump "use aerial water tankers to fight fire" Thanks Donald...
Carl the Llama Posted 15 April 2019 Posted 15 April 2019 3 minutes ago, stripeyfox said: Sky News reporting central spire has collapsed into the fire Just awful. I've not heard anything about casualties yet so that's one small silver lining.
StanSP Posted 15 April 2019 Author Posted 15 April 2019 Spire's gone. Roof is going... Nearly 800 years of history up in smoke
stripeyfox Posted 15 April 2019 Posted 15 April 2019 hopefully the shell of the building will remain? Thinking of the fire at York Minster in 1984. The roof was destroyed (although only in one transept) but the stone shell remained and it was restored. But the fire here looks much more widespread than the York fire
Corky Posted 15 April 2019 Posted 15 April 2019 And you can't rebuild history and heritage. Just an awful incident.
surrifox Posted 15 April 2019 Posted 15 April 2019 This is just terrible - an absolutely beautiful and iconic edifice
smitha Posted 15 April 2019 Posted 15 April 2019 Very hard to look at, only visited last year, if it is due to renovation work then the contractors will face a hefty bill !!!!, not that money can replace years of history.
Finnegan Posted 15 April 2019 Posted 15 April 2019 You'd be absolutely ****ing gutted beyond words to be the poor twat that started that. Unbelievable. Woke up this morning, going to work on a famous landmark, what a cool job, boom. Awful. I'm glad I got to go, it is beautiful. Horrible for Paris.
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