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Massive fire breaks out in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
Fox News ^ | April 15, 2019 | Lucia I. Suarez Sang, Nicole Darrah

Posted on 04/15/2019 1:28:22 PM PDT by libstripper

The famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France was engulfed in flames on Monday leading to the collapse of the structure's main spire. The intense flames leaped out from two of its bell towers minutes before the spire collapsed, and later spread to one of the cathedral's iconic rectangular towers.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fire; france; islam; koranimals; notredame; notredameburning; notredamecathedral; notredamefire; paris; postedmanytimes; woodstructure; woodstructurephotos
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To: libstripper

I am going to go out on a limb here. Having already had 50 church attacks in france since february, this fire in a Holy Catholic church was caused by islamic jihad.

JoMa


21 posted on 04/15/2019 1:46:18 PM PDT by joma89
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To: allendale

My first thought too


22 posted on 04/15/2019 1:47:28 PM PDT by Karoo
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To: mikelets456

Please read what I wrote. This includes video of the spire collapsing.


23 posted on 04/15/2019 1:47:46 PM PDT by libstripper (A)
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To: Bon mots

The plans are probably already drawn up.


24 posted on 04/15/2019 1:48:03 PM PDT by wally_bert (Disc jockeys are as interchangeable as spark plugs.)
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To: Truth29

Delusion is at the core of all political correctness. Overt censorship and restricted speech shouldn’t surprise anyone.


25 posted on 04/15/2019 1:48:55 PM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: Truth29

Considering that if this is arson, the likelyhood that it is by islamic immigrants is pretty high, the press will have to clamp down on this. It is an issue tailor made to re-elect President Trump.


26 posted on 04/15/2019 1:51:27 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: libstripper; LeoWindhorse

Notre Dame has been undergoing extensive renovation and the fire has apparently started in the area of the renovation. One can see the scaffolding around the outside of the nave. I’m holding judgement on to how or who it started, for now.


27 posted on 04/15/2019 1:53:42 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: libstripper

Muslims did it.


28 posted on 04/15/2019 1:54:09 PM PDT by jmacusa ("The more numerous the laws the more corrupt the government''.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“Somebody burned something.”


29 posted on 04/15/2019 1:54:53 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: LeoWindhorse

Is there a list of attacks on Catholic Churches this year? Any claims of responsibility or are they all concluded, like Fox New rush today, as accidents?


30 posted on 04/15/2019 1:54:53 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: Truth29

They must have orders because Sheepherder Smith did same thing to French politician.


31 posted on 04/15/2019 1:55:41 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneow)
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To: princess leah

It could be arson and it could be just a failure in some
of the utilities, electrical, etc. Go to the following link
and you’ll see the structure of the top which is wood.
I suspect there are gas/electrical lines thru out . Thus
it could be some failure there.

I’d post a couple pictures but I can’t get the source info.


32 posted on 04/15/2019 1:56:34 PM PDT by deport
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To: hal ogen

The only cause that is being promoted is that it may have been caused by the restoration which was in its early stage.


33 posted on 04/15/2019 1:57:11 PM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: bingoplayer

I say look first to the violent Muzz!


34 posted on 04/15/2019 1:58:03 PM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: GreyFriar

Here are some photos of the structure at the top. Lots of wood.

http://www.notredamedeparis.fr/en/la-cathedrale/architecture/la-charpente/


35 posted on 04/15/2019 1:59:11 PM PDT by deport
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To: luvbach1

Don’t tell me the security cameras were erased by accident.


36 posted on 04/15/2019 1:59:31 PM PDT by bingoplayer
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To: allendale
Retired Pope Benedict XVI has blamed the "unprecedented radicalism in the 1960s" for clerical sexual abuse against minors in a letter.

He said a "dissolution of the Christian concept of morality" was down to cultural changes.

37 posted on 04/15/2019 1:59:43 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: joma89

And even if they admit or link this and the other fires to Islam, will the French do anything? I suspect not. Macron is a shadow of a leader compared to some of France’s past leaders, some who would raze Islam from every corner of the country. Today, they yawn, excuse it, and pretend it isn’t happening.


38 posted on 04/15/2019 1:59:48 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: libstripper

When did the videos of the twin towers being hit disappear? I can find a dozen in five minutes.


39 posted on 04/15/2019 2:04:10 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: deport

I heard a reporter saying that the fire began in the area of the spire on top of the east end of the cathedral, which was part of the main renovation area. Although the exterior is of stone, the interior is filled with wood, I remember seeing that from a trip there many years ago.


40 posted on 04/15/2019 2:04:37 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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