Breaking news - Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on fire

[Armybrat 40815]

Looks really bad.

[Dr Fear 1268]

 

 

[South Austin 52431]

We'll be staying close to there in Ile Saint Louis at the end of April.  Doesn't look like total destruction, but will be one hell of a long and expensive rebuild. 

Edited April 15, 2019 by South Austin

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

Hope no one is hurt. 

[Updawg 2266]

Getting worse it looks like. Not good

[Lobwedgephil 1139]

Looks really bad, sad to see. 

[SmokeyTheBear 5562]

Looks like there is some scaffolding where the fire is. That is a hell of an oops by whoever was working on it. Hope they got out in time though. 

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3861]

Holy crap. 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

The artwork, tapestries, manuscripts, wood work, stained glass windows (the Rose Window) lost.....  bottles the mind.

If they don't get it under control any iron work used to hold the structure together is going to go, and then it's not a pretty outlook.

[Telegraph_it 3357]

 

 

[SmokeyTheBear 5562]

[gecko 1104]

Hope the hunchback makes it out....

[TonyTexas 10504]

Live shot

Edited April 15, 2019 by TonyTexas

[Loco 3752]

imgur

[Telegraph_it 3357]

They need one of these asap.

[LongestHorn 759]

Fire appears to be linked to renovations. 

[Vito Andolini 9124]

Heading to Paris for the first time in three weeks, I guess this is no longer on the list

[gecko 1104]

That center spire is going up in flames. Have to believe it will collapse

[demos 3002]

Hope the hunchback makes it out....

He probably set the fire

[gecko 1104]

As usual talking head spouting incorrect history

[Telegraph_it 3357]

Trump agrees with me. 🤔

 

 

[Dr Fear 1268]

Live feed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGbmWOfdXcQ

[SmokeyTheBear 5562]

Just now, Telegraph_it said:

Trump agrees with me. 🤔

 

 

Boeing re-branding opportunity! /noCR

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[gecko 1104]

There could only a shell left when this is done. Roof is all but gone

[Trey3216 15343]

I hate feeling this way, but seeing that many people crowded in the streets of Paris, completely unaware of their surroundings, is fairly concerning.  

[Johnny Chimpo 478]

Damn I was just at Notre Dame four hours ago. I saw they had scaffolding erected all around where the fire is. I’m guessing it was flammable solvents or a short circuit or something along those lines. That is very bad news. I feel lucky to have seen it just before it burned. 

[Blotto 23485]

3 minutes ago, Dr Fear said:

Live feed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGbmWOfdXcQ

Maybe it's this particular angle, but it doesnt seem like there a lot of activity to put out the fire. Haven't seen any fire trucks, no visible water cannons. Seems strange.

[AUS-97HORN 11756]

dammit, thats a lot of history up in flames

[Surly Bevo 24908]

Glad I took it in back in 2017....damn

[gecko 1104]

Live witness on msnbc says steeple just collapsed. Other networks not reporting that.

[SmokeyTheBear 5562]

1 minute ago, gecko said:

Live witness on msnbc says steeple just collapsed. Other networks not reporting that.

Cnn just reported it 

*a partial collapse

Edited April 15, 2019 by SmokeyTheBear

[Telegraph_it 3357]

Its gone from the live youtube video that was linked. 

[wood 11225]

Tankers on a structure fire? Never heard of it being done before, but who knows? One big problem with tankers on buildings is that the falling water doesn't just instantly 'aerosolize'. Water is very heavy and could easily damage the building very badly all by itself. You also have to take into consideration the firefighters and other workers on the ground. People have been injured or even killed by water drops in forest fires.

 

[Anastasis 23454]

holy shit. 

[Fuck Tim Beck 3815]

5 minutes ago, Johnny Chimpo said:

Damn I was just at Notre Dame four hours ago. I saw they had scaffolding erected all around where the fire is. I’m guessing it was flammable solvents or a short circuit or something along those lines. That is very bad news. I feel lucky to have seen it just before it burned. 

Hmm. Surley suspect number 1 

[UTPhil2006 3801]

Just now, Fuck Tim Beck said:

Hmm. Surley suspect number 1 

This.

[bolverk 29644]

9 minutes ago, gecko said:

That center spire is going up in flames. Have to believe it will collapse

I had to stop watching. This is so heartbreak. I lived in Paris for a year and have been in that cathedral a dozen times on the island countless.

[wood 11225]

5 minutes ago, Blotto said:

Maybe it's this particular angle, but it doesnt seem like there a lot of activity to put out the fire. Haven't seen any fire trucks, no visible water cannons. Seems strange.

This is a very big, hot, fast-burning fire. They could be holding back due to collapse concerns or other things we don;t know about.

[wood 11225]

It could even be a "defensive fire" at this point. We can't see how extensive the fire spread is inside the building.

[mdmost 42997]

That's horrible. 856 years old. 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

9 minutes ago, Johnny Chimpo said:

Damn I was just at Notre Dame four hours ago. I saw they had scaffolding erected all around where the fire is. I’m guessing it was flammable solvents or a short circuit or something along those lines. That is very bad news. I feel lucky to have seen it just before it burned. 

suspect A ^^^^

[Vito Andolini 9124]

Count me in the “take a closer look at Johnny Chimpo” group

[Trey3216 15343]

Damn, there's fire tornadoes coming out of that roof.  They ain't putting this out anytime soon.  

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[Longhorn94 2448]

fire is almost to the bell towers. its going to burn down... so unbelievably sad.

[gecko 1104]

Sheppard Smith is on it now at Fox..... thank God, let the rampant speculation begin.

[South Austin 52431]

This is fucking horrible. 

[clapclapclap 9000]

He later said he was deleting this tweet because it was just 'hearsay'.  What would the cathedral staff actually know?

So for now it's just a coincidence that something happened on the week of Easter.

[Rimbo 25908]

16 minutes ago, Dr Fear said:

Live feed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGbmWOfdXcQ

Holy shit -- I switched to the live feed JUST as the spire collapsed!