Notre Dame

[StanSP]

On fire in Paris... 

 

[foxfanazer]

That's awful. I much preferred Notre Dame to the Eiffel tower when I visited Paris

[Wymsey]

Hopefully a terrorist attack is ruled out..

Sad to see. France hasn't had much luck at all for a few years.

Edited 15 April 2019 by Wymeswold fox

[AjcW]

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]

What an awful shame, such an iconic piece of history and architecture.  Hopefully they can prevent too much damage  

[Dr Marco]

blimey....

[AKCJ]

Linked to ongoing restoration work apparently.

[stripeyfox]

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]

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]

Sky News reporting central spire has collapsed into the fire

 

[stripeyfox]

Kay Burley will no doubt inform us "the whole of France is in flames"....

 

[Electric Yetis]

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]

Donald Trump "use aerial water tankers to fight fire"

 

Thanks Donald... 

 

[Carl the Llama]

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]

Spire's gone. 

 

Roof is going... 

Nearly 800 years of history up in smoke

 

[woznotwos]

Wow , that's lost forever , such a shame 

[Fox92]

 

Absolutely iconic.

 

Edited 15 April 2019 by Fox92

[stripeyfox]

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]

And you can't rebuild history and heritage. Just an awful incident.

[jonthefox]

sad to see. 

[Guest MattP]

Horrible, a beautiful place as well.

[surrifox]

This is just terrible - an absolutely beautiful and iconic edifice 

[Izzy]

Saw this thread was 'Hot' so clicked on it 

[smitha]

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]

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.