BREAKING: Smoke and flames seen shooting out of top of Paris’ iconic Notre Dame cathedral as fire breaks out.
The fire may be connected to the recent restoration of the church, officials say. https://t.co/lsQYxe5tef pic.twitter.com/FQ5xV9GyiF
— ABC News (@ABC) April 15, 2019
Tonight.
Paris, France.
Update:
Photo of Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral from a friend’s apartment. Heartbreaking. pic.twitter.com/ztWcYxulln
— Alex Whitcomb (@AlexWhitcomb) April 15, 2019
Update:
#NotreDame: ‘The roof has entirely collapsed, there are flames coming out the back of the cathedral as if it was a torch’@charli, Journalist at France 24, at the scene of the fire. pic.twitter.com/2B0IrMiDcL
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) April 15, 2019
Update:
The moment #NotreDame’s spire fell pic.twitter.com/XUcr6Iob0b
— Patrick Galey (@patrickgaley) April 15, 2019
More as we get it.
heartbreaking, poor Paris takes another gut punch, going up like paper
courage to the pompiers
It’s heartbreaking. She’s gone up like a tinderbox. I’m just sitting here watching it in disbelief.
Oh Lushie, how awful.
It’s devastating.
It’s dreadful, think of all the history that building has seen.
Christ,I hope the Hunchback got out alive.
its grand. Its a roof people. The church is fine, no one hurt.
Sacre bleu
Jesus, that’s terrible, and all the rest of it, but doesn’t the smoke cloud kinda look a tad Ireland on it?
sorry Shayna, I’m not laughing
Pain is not just a word for bread, Shayna. Empathy would be good.
She’s from Tyrone. They do pain, srt8 (rude) speaking and on a rare occasion… empathy.
SIQ, I’ve always meant to ask you this, why do you always spell straight like that? even when in a non sexual orientation context?
I don’t do text speak but sometimes, a few letters and a number is the same thing. Language evolves surely? We all need to keep up, including me.
Srt8 is fairly much what it reads as, nothing to do with sexuality, more that we shall all revert to symbols.
I guess it’s just wierd that it’s the ONLY word you spell in that fashion.
What does Srt8 mean? I am more used to the spelling Str8, but I am an old fella and not woke with it :)
Don’t start analysing the contradictions in me rotide, that might take quite a while.
all the rest of it?
just a chef d’oeuvre if gothique architecture, from Victor Hugo another chef d’oeuvre, a jewel of Europe’s cultural heritage, a beloved landmark to far and wide,
I used to love coming round the corner to see her “perfect arse” on the way to work,
loads of others have a sentimental connection I’m sure too
That’s actually very funny.
yeah if you’re a philistine, qu’elle surprise from you
Or if you’re not that pushed about architecture or history?
Those are certainly two of the things you’d expect a philistine not to be pushed about?
Sad to see it go, but being honest I’m just glad I’m not watching another Grenfell.
Also, I was kinda under the impression that it (like a lot of historical sites) is a bit like Triggers Broom and this night be another chapter in it
Like the ship of Thesues…bleedin Philistines….
ok you got me there!
Kind of agree with Rotide – obviously it’s a beautiful building and and its a dreadful pity, but mercifully no-one died. There are much worse stories in the newspapers this morning, is all I will say.
Naw – just appreciate humour. Try it sometime.
Je suis Paris – I really didn’t want to appear flippant. Sorry.
no Hass Shayna, bises
Jesus it feels like somehwere somehow another seal just got opened.
I am both pleased and creeped out by the fact that someone other than me had this thought.
context?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_seals
Good God. A) Hope nobody is/was hurt, and B) What a tragedy for Paris. Know it well from my runs along the Seine.
Vive La France.
same it marked my 2km to home
Is there a political element to this?
no, it’s believed an accident, it was being renovated
Sad. I love churches. Not so much how many people died while they being built but just a fascination as to how such repressive social structure could build such beautiful buildings.
Without sounding too tribal Janet… which tribe? Religion I mean.
Roman Catholic.
Tnx. The Catholics and the Church of Ireland where the most ostentatious back then so no surprise it is hard to tell between them.
Interestingly, due to political shenanigans in 1905, Notre Dame along with many French churches built before then is owned by the French State, with the Catholic Archdiocese being like a sort of long term tenant. So now it will, presumably, be up to the French State to restore it (hopefully fittingly). An odd kind of secular state.
Sad for the people of France. Apparently lots of art and artifacts have been saved.
it’s the patrimoine that is important not it’s status as a church in this case,
people can look past religion and see it in a wider culture of heritage
As an in-law of mine, serious financial guy, would say from time to time, a fire is always suspicious.
A rallying cry for Europe?
Ha?
so, so sad. hope it’s somehow not as bad as being reported.
The spire has collapsed
France 24 has good coverage: https://www.france24.com/en/
God yes, the ugliest structure in Dublin has collapsed, please tell me it is true?
am sure that’s especially upsetting for you, J – know what it’s like watching from afar
besos pal
Thanks BB, a loss on many levels
Emotionally it has felt like France is going up in flames the last couple of years and here is the actual 0km spot in flames
Still doesn’t come close to making even 100s of years of abuse by Catholic Church
Wrong thread dear?
Really?
Viva la revolution.
amazing how all of the usual troglodytes on here are allowed post their inane commentary on the destruction of one of the greatest feats of architectural design, period. have yis no cat posts to look at?
Amazing how no teeth T oylet is a nasty commenter.
That’s very sad.
Like many people I’m sure, I’ve so many happy memories of visiting it.
Terrible
Like buildings like that will never be built again
I did visit it
Like I know I did
But I can’t remember
Hopefully there’s pics on an old redundant laptop
A huge loss to the city of Paris
Désolé
:(
« Le ciel et la terre passeront, mes paroles ne passeront pas. »
a deliberate act by those in charge of restoration i would say
Ha?
…so sad…one of the world’s great landmarks…still mesmerised by that huge, round stained glass window…
Image from a French police drone.
https://twitter.com/alex_fremont/status/1117883912632430593
the firemen are saying they have saved a lot of the structure, keeping fingers crossed all is not lost
It looks like only the spire collapsed, the stone structure seems in tact. I hope it can be rescued and repaired, it’s a beautiful peice of architecture.
Gemma straight in to blame the Muslims
I actually thought you were joking.
She’s not the only one, a lot of the alt-reich are at it. Will they as quick to blame christians for the fire at the Al-Aqsa mosque?
Apparently blaming Muslims is competing with blaming Macron to distract from the yellowjackets, although you;d think he’d have left a few scorched yellow vests lying around the site just to properly frame them for it.
It’s similar to Windsor Castle in the 1990’s ….a light bulb near a curtain started that fire .
Heartbreaking images. Plus one firefighter is seriously injured. Good news though that reconstruction of some elements are possible. Was just going through some destroyed heritage lists. Fires, earthquakes and bombings have destroyed and altered so much built world heritage that humanity would never progress if we were to mourn every loss and not rebuild. If you saw what reconstructors did with the Cloth Hall at Ypres after it was destroyed in WW1, plus Windsor Castle in the 1990s. The Irish people lost all their historic records when they were destroyed in the Four Courts in 1922, but we moved on with parish records instead. Notre Dame will never look the same again without its spire, but it becomes a part of history for its fire – the pre-2019 cathedral will be in the memory of Parisians and visitors. Vive la France!
Well put Hoop.