Posted on 04/15/2019 10:33:16 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder
Notre Dame cathedral has caught fire, according to the Parisian fire service and eyewitnesses.
Footage posted online shows a large fire engulfing the upper part of the cathedral, with the flames licking around its two bell towers.
A major operation was under way, the fire department added, while a city hall spokesman said on Twitter that the area was being cleared.
Officials in Paris said the fire could be linked to renovation works being carried out at the cathedral.
It comes after France's Saint Sulpice church , used in the filming of Dan Browns Da Vinci Code thriller, caught fire in March.
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Looks like a total loss...
I wouldn’t put anything above Macron.
It does.
I understand if one is catholic or into historical sites this would be more of a loss because of their personal attachment of what it means to them. Therefore they could imagine many differing ‘messages’ into this event.
However and again..the fact is how wonderful God equipped the firemen and other people who got all the people there and nearby to safety...and protected the adjoining buildings from setting on fire. This could have mushroomed much greater.
God is waiting for us to defend his churches
I have the same feeling.
I keep thinking that it is symbolic of the erosion of Western Civilization. Notre-Dame destroyed by fire - the end of what took Christianity many centuries to build.
Muslims overrunning Europe, and the Judeo/Christian faith under constant attack and European governments tolerating it all.
It looks like they are on the scaffolding. The guy who took the picture referred to them as workers.
Nor I.
"Walking Notre Dame HD Video Tour w/Spiritual Music"
(Today is a very sad day for this world.)
Get that logic out of here.
It's easier for everyone here to scream "Muslims!" like after every mass shooting when it's first breaking, until it turns out to be another white guy.
It’s just unimaginable to think that this fire could have been the result of a seventh century cult/sarcasm
Actually, to think that they could get away with such a thing has about the same chance of a failed hollywood b actor staging an attack against himself and blaming MAGA attackers. But I digress.......
The north tower is on fire per France24
Who is on the Renovation Crew?
Rash of Church burnings, Church of St. Sulpice in Paris had a fire during a Mass. Fire department ruled arson I believe.
Also, if arson, Muslims would be on the bottom of the suspects list. A lot of Satanistic stuff being left around the churches. Also, there is a blowback of the pedophile these idiots use as excuse to vandalize.
Of course this could be a major screw up by the workers. Putting on my tin foil hat and thinking the renovation crew screwed up, however, its not on tight.
How awful. So sad.
:'( I know we are Jews but this is 800 years of history.
GONE!!!!
Kevin Sparrer @sparrer_k 2h2 hours ago @cnnbrk was at Notre Dame an hour before the fire started. Got a pic of two workers on top of scaffolding near fire...
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