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Fire breaks out at Notre Dame cathedral, developing situation [Update: major structural collapse - Art and other Assets Saved] (See Staff Post)

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One Winged Slayer
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Oct 25, 2017
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Extremely curious if all the structure manages to hold up in the end. If that spire goes down...
 
GK86

GK86

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Oct 25, 2017
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I hope the firefighters are able to save the building. Glad people were able to evacuate safely.
 
Zvonimir Boban

Zvonimir Boban

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This is terrible, dread to think how much will be left when the fire is finally extinguished :/

Glad it seems to have been safely evacuated though.
 
kami_sama

kami_sama

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Oct 26, 2017
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Fuck.
I have really good memories of both the plaza and the inside of the church, this is heartbreaking.
 
zma1013

zma1013

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Oct 27, 2017
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Looks like the fire is around the spire but doesnt look like it's to the 2 giant tower structures on the other end yet.
 
TheDutchSlayer

TheDutchSlayer

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The Hauge, The Netherlands
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Prattle

Prattle

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Menelaus said:
Here's a really stupid question. Fire, ultimately, wouldn't do that much structural damage to a building primarily made out of masonry, would it?
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It should be fine. Unless the roof beams are helping keeping the walls up.

For me it's all the innards that's heartbreaking. All the historical pieces
 
AlexFlame116

AlexFlame116

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Nov 17, 2017
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Oh no no no that looks horrible! I really hope they can take the fire out quickly and save parts of the building at least! It would be tragic to lose this!

I also hope no one is inside in the fire!
 
Dan

Dan

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Oct 25, 2017
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The fire is spreading quickly now.

Edit: Pretty major structural collapse just happened.
 
Mik2121

Mik2121

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Oct 25, 2017
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Oh man, that looks really bad.
Hopefully they will probably rebuild it if it's not completely destroyed. If it goes completely into the ground, well...

Then again it's mainly stonework and that thankfully doesn't burn, but the framework for many of the structures and decoration inside might be gone. I guess it will be fixable, but pretty expensive.
 
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