Fire in Notre Dame Cathedral

[skatesindreams]

Gosh, this looks terrible. Very sad.

I hope that they can control the fire before it does more catastrophic damage than what we already see.
Sympathy to Paris; and the world at large.

 

[Lorac]

BBC news is reporting that some of the stain glassed windows are melting according to a lady who's apartment overlooks the cathedral

 

[skatingfan5]

BBC news is reporting that some of the stain glassed windows are melting according to a lady who's apartment overlooks the cathedral

If true, this is one of my worst fears.

 

[ballettmaus]

What CNN is saying is not encouraging: wood on the inside and a structure that holds in heat on the outside. The Chicago Tribune also tweeted that the falling spire brought the fire inside and that all of Notre Dame was burning.

 

[Lorac]

I didn't realise the roof was totally wooden - that explains why the fire took hold so quickly. It appears that some of the French media feel it will be totally destroyed except for the 2 towers - utterly devastating. I visited Notre-Dame over 35 years ago and I remember being awestruck by the power and majesty of it - and I am not at all religious. It is so utterly sad - words can't really explain how I feel

 

[BlueRidge]

This is completely devastating. My heart goes out to all France.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

OMG.....
That's devastating.

 

[Vagabond]

The Cathedral had been undergoing renovations, and its bronze statues were removed last week.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/15/notre-dame-fire-paris-france-cathedral

 

[MsZem]

I didn't realise the roof was totally wooden - that explains why the fire took hold so quickly. It appears that some of the French media feel it will be totally destroyed except for the 2 towers - utterly devastating. I visited Notre-Dame over 35 years ago and I remember being awestruck by the power and majesty of it - and I am not at all religious. It is so utterly sad - words can't really explain how I feel

At this point, I hope that the towers at least will indeed remain. It looks horrible.

All that history, everything that cathedral survived. Gone

 

[Kruss]

This is so terrible.

 

[flyingsit]

I don't even have words for how sad I am.

 

[GREGORY]

It's horrible. I see Notre Dame at least twice a day, my trip to my job will never be the same

 

[skateboy]

So terrible. MSNBC keeps showing the picture of the spire falling to the ground and every time my heart just feels a thud.

 

[Finnice]

Danse mon Esmeralda... Notre Dame is one of the greatest buildings in the whole Europe. Horrible!

 

[quartz]

Centuries of history being destroyed in minutes - this is so awful.

 

[Carina]

so sad.

 

[Kruss]

I seriously feel like crying. I haven't been to Paris yet, but when I studied the French language in high school, I was always fascinated with the flying buttresses on the outside of the cathedral. I always wanted to visit it.

 

[JoannaLouise]

Completely devastated. My co-worker came and told me as soon as she found out, because of my connections to France. Now I'm watching the live coverage, and just can't believe it.

I'm thankful for the many chances I've had to visit the cathedral over the years.

 

[ballettmaus]

One of the towers is now on fire. This is so devastating

 

[BlueRidge]

One of the towers is now on fire. This is so devastating

aw noo.

My sister just called and we cried together on the phone. We visited Notre Dame together. We toured many cathedrals in France; it was special for my sister as she worked as a stone carver at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYC. And France is special to us.

 

[cholla]

People living in the area on Île de la Cité have been evacuated. Notre Dame is such a symbol. I have no words...

 

[flyingsit]

I'm afraid to turn on the TV to watch. Notre Dame is my favorite building in the world. I'm an atheist, and when I sit in a pew there I somehow feel a sense of peace.

 

[skatesindreams]

The situation grows more tragic by the moment.

 

[cocotaffy]

There are 400 workers going in the Cathedral by small groups to try and rescue whatever they can according to French news.

 

[victorskid]

Hoping that the rose windows (and other stained glass) survive.

The lead in the windows may melt Some were reported to have already been damaged.

 

[Wyliefan]

There are 400 workers going in the Cathedral by small groups to try and rescue whatever they can according to French news.

Praying for their safety!!

 

[victorskid]

Trump tweeted they should use flying water tankers and further offered the advice that they “should act quickly.”

So helpful! Of course, the City of Paris is well equipped with the flying water tankers....

Yet another time when it would be better to say nothing

 

[floskate]

Awful to see this happen in real time like this. What a terrible loss to history and for France.

 

[Lorac]

One of the towers is now on fire. This is so devastating

Not sure that is true - I think someone saw the flames through the windows that were from behind the tower. Watching the BBC live reporting and the Towers don't look like they are burning. One can only hope they survive.

 

[MsZem]

I read that the interior is likely gone. The question is what will remain of the exterior, and what can be salvaged.

Eyewitnesses are reporting that the firefighters appear to be getting things under control. Please let this be true.

Trump tweeted they should use flying water tankers and further offered the advice that they “should act quickly.”

French authorities respond: bad idea.