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She's safe in our hands! Young construction boss, 32, at centre of Notre Dame fire probe boasted...
www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | Published: 08:53 EDT, 16 April 2019 | Updated: 11:25 EDT, 16 April 2019 | By James Fielding In Paris and Nick Fagge For Mailonline

Posted on 04/16/2019 8:34:04 AM PDT by Red Badger

Julien Le Bras had vowed that his building firm would 'not put the building at risk' when it won the contract

He said 'there is no question that we will put any pressure' on the spire of the cathedral - which fell last night

French investigators are now probing the renovation work as they examine the causes of Monday's huge fire ============================================================================

A young construction boss boasted about his firm's ability to protect historic sites when it won a contract to repair the spire of Notre Dame, MailOnline can reveal.

Julien Le Bras declared last year: 'Our first thought is to protect the values of historical buildings, it's in our DNA.'

His company, Le Bras Freres, a small company known as the 'Cathedral Restorers', had won the £5million contract to repair the spire of the Paris landmark.

Today craftsmen from the company were being questioned by investigators after the spire came crashing down in Monday's blaze, which caused such extensive damage that experts believe it could take decades to repair.

Investigators believe the devastating blaze started in the roof cavity below the spire where the work, which included the use of electric tools, was being carried out.

The blaze began at around 6.50pm but workers would reportedly have downed tools between 5pm and 5.30pm.

Mr le Bras told reporters at the scene: 'We want more than anyone for light to be shed on the origin of this drama.'

He said his company has 12 workers involved in the refurbishment, though none were on site at the time of the fire.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: france; koranimals; notredame; paris
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To: Red Badger

Low Bid, Technically Feasible. I have seen a lot of damage and cost increase from those contracts!


61 posted on 04/16/2019 9:43:51 AM PDT by FalloutShelterGirl (Cool! I found my original screen name!)
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To: Jaded

Seems suspicious to me as well.

Methinks they doth protest too much....................


62 posted on 04/16/2019 9:48:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: bingoplayer

Because the fire started in the area that construction work was being done that week.

Tis a possibility.


63 posted on 04/16/2019 9:49:20 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

At the Cabildo, it was blamed on a welders torch.

https://www.nola.com/300/2018/12/300_for_300_census_who_made_th.html


64 posted on 04/16/2019 9:50:56 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: Red Badger

Speakee the Arabic by any chance?


65 posted on 04/16/2019 9:52:32 AM PDT by Leep (It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
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To: Leep

Some German and some HS Spanish..................and some naughty words in various Asian languages.............


66 posted on 04/16/2019 9:54:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: dfwgator

“If you have Chrome, you can translate it to English.”

Most computerized translators may work after a fashion, but probably add to the confusion instead.


67 posted on 04/16/2019 9:57:00 AM PDT by Western Phil
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To: Pikachu_Dad

I haven’t heard yet of anybody blaming it on Trump. At this point, I lean towards Muslims. With lots of churches being burned in France, seems the authorities would have had extra close watch on Notre Dame.


68 posted on 04/16/2019 9:59:31 AM PDT by Jane Austen (Neo-cons are liberal Democrats who love illegal aliens and war.)
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To: MNDude
Look who is spotted inside the cathedral during the fire!

Jussie Smollett?

69 posted on 04/16/2019 10:00:26 AM PDT by pbear8 (the Lord is my light and my salvation)
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To: Leaning Right

The firm is the ‘Le Bras Brothers’. A family firm is most likely to hire friends and relatives first, and guys who have been personally recommended and are known to their circle.


70 posted on 04/16/2019 10:00:29 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: gathersnomoss

> It was Colonel Muzzie in the Conservatory with a Candlestick. <

Well-played!


71 posted on 04/16/2019 10:00:30 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: pbear8
Fire Marshall Bill?

72 posted on 04/16/2019 10:04:32 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

So this young owner of a small business is the sacrificial lamb they’ve chosen to cover for the Muslims. Nice. Reminds me ot the pitiful guy whose video was blamed for Benghazi.


73 posted on 04/16/2019 10:11:35 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Jeremiah 1:5 - "Before I formed thee ... I knew thee.")
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To: Red Badger
"Mr le Bras told reporters at the scene: 'We want more than anyone for light to be shed on the origin of this drama." !?
74 posted on 04/16/2019 10:13:35 AM PDT by 4Liberty ("The Democrats are the Party of Crime." - Donald J. Trump)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Yes, I thought of him, too................


75 posted on 04/16/2019 10:15:29 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: aspasia

Just Quasimodo with his friend Victor Hugo.


76 posted on 04/16/2019 10:23:22 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just hava few days that don't suck.)
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To: nuconvert
Lots of fires smolder after workers leave

Lots of Muslims set church fires when nobody is around

77 posted on 04/16/2019 10:27:29 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: Dogbert41; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON; Army Air Corps; KC_Lion; dfwgator; Rebelbase; ...
Le Bras Freres

Isn't that French for The Bra Brothers?

Sounds like a cover for a money laundering racket.

Kind of like Los Pollos Hermanos in Breaking Bad.


78 posted on 04/16/2019 10:36:59 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Red Badger

The first alarm went off at 6:20 p.m. Apparently, someone checked, but no fire was found. The alarm went off again twenty-five minutes later, by which time the fire was out of control. What does anyone make of that? Did the alarm point to a specific location, which was then checked, by whom, and how could nothing be found?


79 posted on 04/16/2019 10:37:11 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: Leaning Right
Well, that's true. I know that from 1848-1962 the whole Mediterranean region of Algeria was administered as an integral part of France. Overseas France (French: France d'outre-mer).

Any Algerians who had parents in Algeria prior to 1962 would be the children of Algerian French citizens. I wonder if that gives them French citizenship too?

80 posted on 04/16/2019 10:39:39 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ( On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. - "We see well only with the heart")
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