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Fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

  • 15-04-2019 06:31PM
    #1
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,544 ✭✭✭✭


    Just saw it on Twitter. Absolutely devastating.


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  • #2
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,544 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    .


  • #3
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Here's hoping it's not too bad. An absolutely stunning and iconic building.


  • #4
    Yer Da sells Avon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,736 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


    Insurance job.


  • #5
    Zorya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Zorya


    Just saw that news. Looks bad. :(


  • #6
    WeIrishareEvil
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13 ✭WeIrishareEvil


    Holy smoke!


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  • #7
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,399 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Keanu Whining Meal wrote: »
    Here's hoping it's not too bad. An absolutely stunning and iconic building.

    It unfortunately does not look good.

    In this vid it looks to be concentrated around where work was being done, but could just be a coincidence.
    https://twitter.com/sotiridi/status/1117839877566009346?s=19[/quote]


  • #8
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,005 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    Looks very bad.


  • #9
    Force Carrier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Force Carrier


    mon dieu rodney


  • #10
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    Oh that’s horrible. Great building.


  • #11
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,268 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    Oh no , such beautiful old building and would be a terrible loss


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  • #12
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,992 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

    Illuminati?


  • #13
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,005 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


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


  • #14
    WeIrishareEvil
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13 ✭WeIrishareEvil


    Prayers. Oh wait...


  • #15
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,251 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Hard to imagine anything other than severe damage unfortuntely

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #16
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,268 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    Pictures on BBC news now . Looks bad . Such a sad sight


  • #17
    kippy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,350 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    Doesn't look good - seems to have taken hold of the building and looks like a very difficult site to access, get the fire out.
    Hopefully there are no casualties. While extensive damage to the building would be awful, a loss of life would be worse.


  • #18
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,099 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    If this is arson it’s utterly disgusting.

    If it is accidental it’s utterly tragic.


  • #19
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Reported to be related to the renovation works.
    Beautiful building in a stunning area.

    Hope the fire is not too destructive but it looks bad.


  • #20
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,318 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    From the pictures I've seen it looks a serious situation and the fire looks to the spreading on the roof.


  • #21
    Force Carrier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Force Carrier


    We'll build it again. It will be even better this time.


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  • #22
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,399 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Your Face wrote: »
    Hope the fire is not too destructive but it looks bad.

    It's totally destroyed, I'm not sure the spire won't collapse.


  • #23
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,446 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    Oh, that's so sad. A place steeped in layers and layers of history.


  • #24
    WeIrishareEvil
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13 ✭WeIrishareEvil


    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    If this is arson it’s utterly disgusting.

    If it is accidental it’s utterly tragic.


    Quasimodo's revenge


  • #25
    WeIrishareEvil
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13 ✭WeIrishareEvil


    Force Carrier wrote: »
    We'll build it again. It will be even better this time.

    As a mosque


  • #26
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,446 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    WeIrishareEvil wrote: »
    Force Carrier wrote: »
    We'll build it again. It will be even better this time.

    As a mosque
    It's done a stint as a Temple to Reason.


  • #27
    Zorya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Zorya


    WeIrishareEvil wrote: »
    As a mosque

    Oh stop ffs. :mad:


  • #28
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,132 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    Terrible, hope it was accidental and not deliberate.

    Also hope the Sapeurs Pompiers got there quickly, unless they were on an anti Macron slow down.

    Sad to think of all the beautiful medieval architecture destroyed now. Vive La France.


  • #29
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,318 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Listening to BBC five live and the presenter is saying a good bit of the roof is gone.


  • #30
    WeIrishareEvil
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13 ✭WeIrishareEvil


    Sardonicat wrote: »
    It's done a stint as a Temple to Reason.

    So much reason they put thousands to death by guillotine for the Goddess of Reason they installed on the altar.


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  • #31
    Yer Da sells Avon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,736 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


    It's been confirmed that it's a fire alright.

    https://twitter.com/SkyNewsBreak/status/1117845135587520514

    Just as I suspected.


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