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Notre Dame Fire Deemed ‘Accident,’ But Here’s What the Media is Not Telling You
24News ^ | 04-15-2019 | Jenn Carter

Posted on 04/15/2019 4:31:47 PM PDT by montag813

by Jenn Carter

On Monday, the world reacted in horror as the nearly 900-year old Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was nearly completely destroyed by fire.

Horrific flames quickly engulfed the entire core structure, and after 2 hours, the iconic spire collapsed, along with most of the roof and its 210 tons of lead.

That's what we know.

Here's what we don't: What caused it?

Well the media seems to have focused on one reason, and one reason only: the cathedral was "under construction" -- a reported $7 million project lasting years, and scheduled to complete just this year.

Therefore the most logical reason, absent obvious foul play, is a "construction accident."

FoxNews and most other nets treated it as such:

Given the scope of the renovations, it is quite likely a "welding spark ignited paint thinner" or any other cause widely speculated in media reports, that can typically occur on a busy construction site.

But there's just one big problem with that.

Two hours after the spire collapsed, French-Greek journalist Sotiri Dimpinoudis reported that there were no construction workers onsite at the time of the fire:

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To: bert

God allowed it? I don’t think it was His will since a fire could have happened anytime in the past 850 years.


61 posted on 04/15/2019 5:06:07 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: zaxtres
And it still would have taken them 20 to 30 minutes to get there in the middle of rush hour.

Not for the first companies on the scene. Typical response times in New York, Boston, Chicago, etc. are much less than that.

Additional responding companies may have taken longer of course due to the greater distance. I haven't seen any photos showing more than three water tower trucks on site.

62 posted on 04/15/2019 5:06:46 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: ealgeone

In the early 80s, I had a clock-coffee maker. One afternoon, I noticed some sparking in the dark kitchen and smelled burning plastic. When I checked to see what was going on, the wiring in the clock had shorted and the ‘innerds’ actually caught fire. I unplugged and got it to the sink. Had I not been home or had been asleep, I would have had a major fire.

In the early 2000s I walked by a large 17-inch tube-type computer monitor. The computer and monitor were turned off. I noticed some smoke, heard some sizzling and smelled burning plastic. The ‘innerds’ in the monitor had started burning. Luckily, I was able to unplug and douse. Again, had I not been home or had been asleep, I would have had a major fire.

They can happen. There are numerous stories of appliances and TVs starting fires.


63 posted on 04/15/2019 5:07:14 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Stayfree

Well so far no muzzie group has come forward. Usually after something like this they’d be out in the street yelling aloha snackbar or some such.


64 posted on 04/15/2019 5:07:35 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: thoughtomator

Just a piece of intel from a friend with connections to the DIA. Macron has closed the roads in and out of Paris.


65 posted on 04/15/2019 5:08:16 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: montag813

No sprinkler system?
No fire abatement plan?
Seriously?


66 posted on 04/15/2019 5:08:19 PM PDT by panzerkamphwageneinz
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To: montag813
"...it is quite likely a "welding spark ignited paint thinner"..."

Use to be that we had to wait for 20-100 years for revisionist history to be written... Now we get it instantaneously...

BTW, in another few years, government schools will add new facts to their revisionist history curriculum:

Etc and Etc..
67 posted on 04/15/2019 5:08:24 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: montag813

From a later thread:

“The fire started up near the roof top while another fire started in the north bell tower.”

Arson.


68 posted on 04/15/2019 5:09:24 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: xkaydet65

If true that seems to narrow the possibilities considerably and strongly suggests a dragnet for perps is underway.


69 posted on 04/15/2019 5:09:24 PM PDT by thoughtomator (The Clinton Coup attempt was a worse attack on the USA than was 9/11)
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To: montag813

Why would there be no construction workers on a Monday? Was today a holiday in France?


70 posted on 04/15/2019 5:10:57 PM PDT by fso301
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To: montag813

48 hour rule. Most is guesswork at this point.


71 posted on 04/15/2019 5:11:14 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: House Atreides
But it is a bit of evidence that the fire is causing some JOY in those particular Muslims.

Where, do you have a link to that joyous celebration?

72 posted on 04/15/2019 5:11:30 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (ui)
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To: Robert A Cook PE

“So, if there were “no construction workers on the site”, ho was there - after the tourists were locked out?”

“Occam’s razor is the problem-solving principle that essentially states that “simpler solutions are more likely to be correct than complex ones.” When presented with competing hypotheses to solve a problem, one should select the solution with the fewest assumptions. Wikipedia”

Islam?


73 posted on 04/15/2019 5:11:51 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Trump is the best project/program/portfolio manager in the world!!!!)
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To: Reno89519

“Arson investigations are completed in less than a day? Not likely. I’d like to hear more about why it took two hours for the fire department to arrive. “

I’m thinking they knew right away to expect it to be terrorism, and wanted to avoid the old wait until help arrives before detonating the second one ploy.

The cops get to go home tonight, and since no one was alleged to have been inside at the time, they can continue the false news charade forever.

CAIR has to be gearing up now to defend their terrorist BFF’s tomorrow.


74 posted on 04/15/2019 5:11:59 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: Artemis Webb
There have been an "Average of Three Church Attacks Per Day" in France.

Do you claim they are ALL construction accidents?

75 posted on 04/15/2019 5:13:11 PM PDT by Diogenesis ( WWG1WGA)
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To: ealgeone

The women who tried to burn Notre Dame down in 2016 were in trial recently.
France jails Muslima who plotted to blow up Notre Dame cathedral in Paris with gas canisters
https://gellerreport.com/2019/04/notre-dame-terror-plot-sentencing.html/


76 posted on 04/15/2019 5:14:26 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: Diogenesis

That is a face I would punch.


77 posted on 04/15/2019 5:16:26 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: frank ballenger

Less than one month ago, on March 19, the historic Saint-Sulpice — the 2nd largest church in Paris (next to Notre Dame) was set on fire in what police say was not an accident.

Two hours after the spire collapsed, French-Greek journalist Sotiri Dimpinoudis reported that there were no construction workers onsite at the time of the fire.


78 posted on 04/15/2019 5:17:52 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: Artemis Webb

Notre Dame burns down within hours of the Muslim women who tried to burn it down having a court appearance.
France jails Muslima who plotted to blow up Notre Dame cathedral in Paris with gas canisters
https://gellerreport.com/2019/04/notre-dame-terror-plot-sentencing.html/


79 posted on 04/15/2019 5:19:01 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: Stayfree

Macron’s France: Average of Three Church Attacks Per Day
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/30/macrons-france-average-of-three-church-attacks-per-day/


80 posted on 04/15/2019 5:19:50 PM PDT by tbw2
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