Notre-Dame de Paris - cathedral on fire!

Damned, this beauty is suffering badly. Spire is fully involved, I am sure there will be some collapse :(
 
Terrible. Since there was scaffolding around the area, I suspect a repeat of what happened at Roskilde Cathedral in 1968, where casual use of open flame in a area filled with bonedry wooden structure, resulted in exactly the same outcome, a massive fire:

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Not before I can visit the thing!

But seriously, that Cathedral is a national monument. Dammit!

ETA: And as usual, Trump had something stupid to say about it.
 
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I'm headed there in 32 days. it couldn't have waited 32 days? <outrage>

But seriously, this is very very sad.
 
Trebuchet said:
Announcer on that CBS feed a few moments ago: "This is a tragedy for all French people, whether they are Christians or Catholic."
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Well yeah, but I bet he looked great while he was saying it!

ETA: Shame to see damage like this to any historic building.
 
France is the top tourist destination in the world
Paris is the top destination in France
Notre Dame is the top tourist attraction in France.

You can hardly get any more prominent.

Notre Dame is literally the center of France - distances to other places are measured from a stone right in front of the church's main portal.

Interesting bit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_Paris#Towers_and_the_Spire
Wikipedia said:
The original spire was constructed in the 13th century, probably between 1220 and 1230. It was battered, weakened and bent by the wind over five centuries, and finally was removed in 1786. During the 19th century restoration, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc decided to recreate it, making a new version of oak covered with lead.
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The spire that was just destroyed at least isn't that ancient, and it burned so vigorously because it was made of wood, not stone.
 
Trebuchet said:
One thing a lot of people don't realize is that in an event like this, the stone it's built from loses its structural integrity. This is really bad.
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Yep. Looking at the current vids from the site it does not look like there will be too much salvageable. Lots of valuable artwork will be lost along with the iconic building.
 
it's a very strange feeling when something that has existed through the ages gets destroyed before your eyes.
 
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