Awful.
https://news.sky.com/story/fire-brea...edral-11694910
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This talk of the North tower collapsing is surely bollocks. It's made of stone.
The stone will not literally burn but the fire and the heat will destroy the integrity of the mortar binding it together and fire can make the stone brittle and then it can crumble. If the fire get a hold inside the tower it can very easily fall. Then again it could well stand, but nothing is certain.
Its so sad.
Haven't seen much of the news over the past hour or so, but did that place have
a sprinkler system?
I doubt it, but it would appear the fire may have started above the level they would have been at anyway.
There is a live feed on BBC, and they are pouring water into the tower. I dread to think what damage it is doing. The vaults and the crypt hold some fantastic treasures..
awful news, such a wonderful iconic landmark destroyed.
https://twitter.com/maggiekb1/status...711948800?s=19
Interesting thread here
It’ll be partially damaged but will be renovated to such a high spec that it’ll be unnoticeable.
Restoration people are insanely meticulous and will source the exact same material as the original, hiring the most skilled masons and carpenters the world has to offer.
It’s a spectacular news story but nothing that can’t be fixed with lots of time and money.
They should burn a few more Catholic churches down.
The priesthood is full of child abusers.
Perhaps it's Jesus venting his anger
I have' hunch ' it will be 'back ' and fixed in no time .
The Grenfell fridge geezer obviously ended up as caretaker
Terrible, but it will be rebuilt and restored and we wont even be able to tell the difference.
This fire will be part of its incredible history.
It’s a bit like Triggers broom he had for 15 yrs. 😂
On a more serious note, the most wondrous thing for me about Notre Dame, as with many older iconic buildings all over the world, is how people over 800yrs ago, managed to build such stunning, high buildings with limited resources.
Definitely a ‘turn the clock back’ thing. Would be amazing to stand back and watch the workers of that time grafting away at such heights yet maintaining the intricacies and standards that have enabled such buildings to withstand everything for centuries.
Ken Follett (Cardiff author)'s most famous novel is Pillars Of The Earth, the construction of a cathedral in an English city in the 12th century. It's a good read.
Sorry but it was just a useless religeous building. I would have been more upset if a house in Wales had burned down and left a family homeless.
Another thing that amazes me is that people of yesteryear built masterpieces, timescales lasting a hundred years or more, which they would never live long enough to see in all their splendour.
Built to last and for the pleasure of future generations.
Notre Dame will no doubt will be returned to its former glory, especially seeing the sums of money already donated. You just have to hope that future generations look after it better than ours!
It's a shame to see a fantastic building go up in smoke but it's not a tragedy
The death of all those people in the Grenfell tower block fire ......that was a tragedy
Think of this when communicating with Sludge!!
https://youtu.be/zP8V0k4wRrk
Maybe not, but it is an interesting comparison nevertheless.
Even one day on it looks as if the government and donor response to the (state owned) Notre Dame fire has been much greater than to Grenfell Tower where 72 innocent people died in horrific circumstances.
Heritage valued more than lives?
It is very sad to see the destruction in Paris, and I hope the building can be restored. But there is always a choice about how resources are used and what is a priority. Grenfell survivors would have had a much easier life in the last 22 months if they had been given 400m euros by billionaire well-wishers, and I bet the French government will be quicker and more effective than Theresa May's useless administration has been.