@Morpheel The ironic thing is that they had recently started restoration works on the top level, and now it seems that the starting of the fire may have something to do with that, so it sounds like that it might be some kind of fluid or substance that was the trigger, and if that's true, it might be negligence on the part of one of the restoration workers or some of the possible other people involved.
Fortunately, all the iconic statues and statuettes were already removed from the top, to be worked on elsewhere, because these also needed some restoration done. It does seem like the entire roof is going to go, because that's nearly all wood with various kinds of plating. The church itself will probably survive, according to certain commenters, because that's all solid stone, obviously, but the restoration works will now have to be scaled up from touching up and cleaning the upper levels, to rebuilding almost the entire roof and the main spire.
Will probably also mean no visitors for quite a few years to come. Weird to think that the Notre Dame survived 900 years without a hitch, including a massive revolution and a number of large wars, and now when they were about to restore it to it's former glory, its roof goes up in flames in next to nothing...
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From the videos it's pretty evident the fire started around the area being restored, and with people using power tools, in wooden platforms, with electricity, friction, sparks, maybe even gas-powered things, etc. It is very likely the fire started there.
@Morpheel True. The scaffolding was clearly visible around the spire and top level. I sure hope that it wasn't a person who accidentally started the fire, due to a mistake or something like that. That person is going to feel horrible for the rest of his/her life...
But accident by fault or not, it's a shame either way, so I hope that they can keep the damage within the bounds of still being able to restore the building as a whole. To lose an entire landmark forever, especially one that's on the Unesco World Heritage list, would be even more catastrophic.
Yes, we can only hope the stone structure will hold on. To see such an inconic landmark go down like that would be truly tragic. It's basically the centerpiece of Paris.
Well, that was one lousy and disheartening news update. The fire has now reached the lower levels, and the fire brigade can't seem to get a handle on it. I never understand this, in certain cases. I mean, there's special fire helicopters nowadays, but these aren't used here, but they should try using something like that, seeing as they claim that they have a hard time getting to the places of the fire that they need to get to.
Another weird thing is that they could have used fire boats, seeing as the Seine is right beside the cathedral, so there's no shortage of water. According to onlookers, the fire brigade also started quite late with their efforts. The fire had already been raging for well over 45 minutes, but the fire brigade didn't start their efforts until it was going for almost an hour.
@ThanosReXXX I've read that one of the reasons they didn't want to use fire helicopters is because it could've caused the roof to collapse even sooner, and firemen were still inside trying to salvage art pieces. And they also said that they weren't stationed nearby; so I can only assume that it wouldn't have made a difference. Those people have a better understanding of how it works than I do!
@Octane The RTL news report actually said that there are a total of 5 (five!) fire stations in the vicinity. They said they simply had troubles navigating the area. The streets that lead to the cathedral aren't very accommodating to large trucks, after all...
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Mind you, obviously, I'm no fire fighting expert either, but logic dictates that the sooner you start trying to fight one that has started, the less time it'll have to take hold of a location, and the sooner you'll be able to put it out or keep it contained.
I wonder if they’ll resort to air dropping water soon, given that fire is in at least one tower now. If any of those 20 ton bells come down, that may do more collateral damage than water weight.
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@CrazyZelda79 I figured that might be why. It’s just one of those things where you want to throw any solution because it’s just so surreal. I’m glad no one has been hurt so far, and hope the responders stay safe.
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...I gotta find a way to be more connected on some work days. I had no idea Notre Dame caught fire until I came in here to reply to @ThanosReXXX after checking the notification a few hours ago. This saddens the part of me that loves history and historical landmarks. I hope that no one was hurt and that they were able to save what they could....
@ThanosReXXX I'll look up that video sometime when I get closer to hacking it.
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@Tyranexx Yeah, quite a shock, wasn't it? I watched the news all evening yesterday, and it looked and felt so surreal, yet here we are: a roofless Notre Dame...
Luckily, the building itself still stands, and a couple of French billionaires have already donated 30 million euros, and more money is coming in from donations all over, so at least they can start planning and buying materials to build a new, and hopefully more fire proof roof.
Concerning Shining Force: if you liked Sword of Hajya, then you're really going to enjoy Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon, because that is considered to be one of the best, if not THE best game in the series. It has 4 out of 5 stars overall on Metacritic, with an average user rating of 8.9. Eurogamer even gave it a 9.
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