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Video TruckFump Apr 2019 #1
Live Video OKIsItJustMe Apr 2019 #74
Noooooooo!!!!! Jeroen Apr 2019 #2
Twitter has all sorts of videos TruckFump Apr 2019 #5
Yes, it does. n/t Jeroen Apr 2019 #19
Post removed Post removed Apr 2019 #3
Bookmarking. n/t rzemanfl Apr 2019 #9
Looks like it was alerted and removed. Good! fleur-de-lisa Apr 2019 #14
As Emily Litella used to say....."never mind!" George II Apr 2019 #15
OMG, how awful! greatauntoftriplets Apr 2019 #4
Tragic. Hope contained and minimal damage?? Evolve Dammit Apr 2019 #6
I was reading elsewhere that it is out of control sweetloukillbot Apr 2019 #47
Oh, heavens NO! That place is magical--even for then non-religious. hlthe2b Apr 2019 #7
Notre Dame cathedral on fire OneBlueDotBama Apr 2019 #8
Terrible. LisaM Apr 2019 #10
WaPo had a breaking BumRushDaShow Apr 2019 #11
I am about as far BigOleDummy Apr 2019 #12
Totally agree. TruckFump Apr 2019 #16
Nothing yet from Pompiers de Paris mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 #13
Looks bad from the outside inwiththenew Apr 2019 #17
It's a big fire...through the roof. TruckFump Apr 2019 #18
There looks to be scaffolding around the section that is on fire BumRushDaShow Apr 2019 #28
It's getting a lot worse. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 #20
Yes. Flames pouring through the roof. EOM TruckFump Apr 2019 #24
Looks like scaffolding was set up in the area of the fire. mobeau69 Apr 2019 #21
MSNBC is reporting on the scaffolding. TruckFump Apr 2019 #22
Watching the video, there's scaffolding around the tallest steeple. I wonder if they were doing... George II Apr 2019 #23
That, or grinding would be my guess. Brother Buzz Apr 2019 #42
Oh this is terrible! Glimmer of Hope Apr 2019 #25
Horrible. Laffy Kat Apr 2019 #26
Yep, the roofers did it with a torch and walked away, likely w/o even calling the Fire Depatment. machoneman Apr 2019 #27
Omg!! Seriously?? Duppers Apr 2019 #64
Really? That's a terrible precedent. LisaM Apr 2019 #81
Rumors don't help uppityperson Apr 2019 #87
This is such an awful situation. madaboutharry Apr 2019 #29
Tragic....hope they get it under control ASAP Maeve Apr 2019 #30
This is heartbreaking mcar Apr 2019 #31
This is heartbreaking! I remember the fire Windsor Castle. This looks MUCH worse Siwsan Apr 2019 #32
I was in there in 95 tymorial Apr 2019 #33
I am scheduled to be in Paris for the first time in June...heartbreaking loss...(n/t) Moostache Apr 2019 #55
I just realized that my trip was during this week. I was staying with a host family tymorial Apr 2019 #60
Trump tweets "perhaps water tankers can put it out". "Must act quickly". oasis Apr 2019 #34
My gawd he is such a back seat driver. Glimmer of Hope Apr 2019 #36
Why isn't he on AF1 right now durablend Apr 2019 #40
When will people realize "only Trump has the solution."? oasis Apr 2019 #50
Let's see... dumping a large mass of water suddenly onto a burning, ancient roof... OKIsItJustMe Apr 2019 #63
Notre-Dame blaze: Flying water tankers 'could lead to collapse' OKIsItJustMe Apr 2019 #91
I hate Trump. I feel actual hate for him. yardwork Apr 2019 #96
Where ITF is the FD? mobeau69 Apr 2019 #35
Oh no. happybird Apr 2019 #37
Le Monde saying the spire just collapsed Recursion Apr 2019 #38
Oh, no! TruckFump Apr 2019 #41
The entire Ile de la Cite is closed off now. Residents can shelter at Whitefriars Recursion Apr 2019 #58
There's no saving it at this point. It's lost. nt Quackers Apr 2019 #39
As long as the stone walls stand (as they should)... regnaD kciN Apr 2019 #79
The spire just went down. Hopefully this isn't terrorist related but the scene reminds me of the WTC George II Apr 2019 #43
MSNBC reporting that the roof has "completely collapsed." TruckFump Apr 2019 #44
France - and the world - just lost something truly irreplaceable. dalton99a Apr 2019 #45
This is heartbreaking to watch. sheshe2 Apr 2019 #46
Yes, it is. TruckFump Apr 2019 #48
It is happybird Apr 2019 #52
This is a tremendous loss inwiththenew Apr 2019 #49
Lost history get the red out Apr 2019 #51
Notre Dame fire livestream -- if you can stand to watch it mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 #53
Thank you chahin1982 Apr 2019 #54
I know this is awful to say DonCoquixote Apr 2019 #56
Construction workers on the scaffolding wore yellow vests and hardhats Brother Buzz Apr 2019 #59
it would make a fine chance to hide nastiness DonCoquixote Apr 2019 #65
I'm going with Occam's razor unless we learn something else Brother Buzz Apr 2019 #67
Agree Snellius Apr 2019 #69
Stone and masonry are generally ruined by fire Brother Buzz Apr 2019 #72
That is true BUT Snellius Apr 2019 #75
MSNBC reporting that the "entire interior is burning." TruckFump Apr 2019 #57
Horrifying DesertRat Apr 2019 #61
Oh NO!!! 😵 Duppers Apr 2019 #62
Dumping tons of water on an already weakened structure would cause it to collapse uppityperson Apr 2019 #88
k and r Stuart G Apr 2019 #66
One of the times I was there, I dashed inside to get out of the rain. displacedtexan Apr 2019 #68
Reporting now -- Ministry of France: TruckFump Apr 2019 #70
The Latest: Fire chief unsure Notre Dame fire won't advance OKIsItJustMe Apr 2019 #73
OMG, this is horrible. TruckFump Apr 2019 #80
"Everything is burning, nothing will remain from the frame..." OKIsItJustMe Apr 2019 #82
Firefighters say main structure 'saved and preserved'! OKIsItJustMe Apr 2019 #86
church's structure had been saved after firefighters managed to stop the fire spreading to the north OKIsItJustMe Apr 2019 #89
Paris firefighters save devastated Notre-Dame from total destruction OKIsItJustMe Apr 2019 #90
Here's a clearer image of the inside of Notre Dame cathedral, one of the first since the fire. OKIsItJustMe Apr 2019 #92
Notre-Dame of Paris 'saved' after fire destroys steeple OKIsItJustMe Apr 2019 #93
It had been replaced once already it seems . . . ucrdem Apr 2019 #95
The spire is a shame, but it's the inside... OKIsItJustMe Apr 2019 #97
Well, most of that wood was in the attic ucrdem Apr 2019 #98
The Rose Windows appear to have survived OKIsItJustMe Apr 2019 #99
Now that IS a miracle ucrdem Apr 2019 #100
2006 lapislzi Apr 2019 #71
UPDATE: French Interior Minister - Notre Dame may be inpossible to save brooklynite Apr 2019 #76
.. Politicub Apr 2019 #77
My daughter posted family photos from our 2017 visit to Notre Dame on FB, offering condolences to deurbano Apr 2019 #78
This is devastating. John Fante Apr 2019 #83
This is why aircrafts can't be used. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 #84
That, of course, is what Trump would do: Snellius Apr 2019 #85
I didn't hear about this till this evening Bayard Apr 2019 #94
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