NOTRE DAME expert Alastair Bruce has explained exactly why the fire behaved so fiercely and spread to other parts of the cathedral quickly.
“That wood would have been drying for centuries. Over that would have been the lead that held the roof and the rain out....Once the wood was alight and the lead was molting it is now presumed that it would burn for a long period of time I am sure.”
“The two towers are extremely old as they were completed in the 1200 and 1300s. They are all on wooden frames when you imagine about how this fire has moved.
“What I think is interesting is that those towers would have had substantial holding walls on all four sides and that could have prevented the fire from getting into them in the begining.
“All these old buildings depend upon thrust and lean going in many different directions and if you suddenly take out the main joist from that massive roof.“I should imagine that the whole thing would be in some danger.”
Reportedly, the French government nickeled and dimed this renovation project.
If that’s the case, hope the folks responsible end up in the hot seat.