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basingstoke2 Apr 15th, 2019 09:43 AM

Bitte Dame Cathedral burning
 
Watching now on CNN. The fire seems catastrophic. About ¼ of the roof around spire destroyed as is spire. Firefighters just beginning to arrive. Fire not controlled for now

Dianedancer Apr 15th, 2019 09:51 AM

Notre Dame on fire
 
It looks very, very bad.

hetismij2 Apr 15th, 2019 09:53 AM

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ance-cathedral

maitaitom Apr 15th, 2019 09:56 AM

I think they might lose it. No water on it yet, according to the news. Horrible.

Florida1 Apr 15th, 2019 09:57 AM

This makes me want to cry. :(

gomiki Apr 15th, 2019 10:06 AM

I am crying. This is horrible. Notre Dame is Paris,

StCirq Apr 15th, 2019 10:14 AM

End of the world.

Rocket79 Apr 15th, 2019 10:19 AM

This is so horrible!!!

cafegoddess Apr 15th, 2019 10:19 AM

We just booked a trip to Paris and was so happy, then My husband turned on the tv. I am so heart broken.

menachem Apr 15th, 2019 10:21 AM

On the verge of tears. What a tragedy.

OReilly64 Apr 15th, 2019 10:38 AM

Notre-Dame cathedral: Firefighters tackle blaze in Paris
 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47941794


quokka Apr 15th, 2019 10:40 AM

Fire brigades are at work.

Livestream: Live: tagesschau | tagesschau.de
Not sure whether the link will work form outside Germany, though.

This is so sad and terrible.

OReilly64 Apr 15th, 2019 10:44 AM

Devastating.

LoriNY1 Apr 15th, 2019 10:56 AM

i have no words. 35 years ago when i went to Paris for the first time, the first thing i saw was Notre Dame. I cried then, and i'm crying now. The whole world is going crazy.

PegS Apr 15th, 2019 11:03 AM

I just saw the news. It's heartbreaking. I remember my first glimpse of Notre Dame, and it was the most incredible sight. Much more so than the Eiffel Tower for me at that time.

yestravel Apr 15th, 2019 11:04 AM

This is the second fire of a church in Paris within the month or so -- What's going on? -- so horrible

travelhorizons Apr 15th, 2019 11:04 AM

this is tragic... I'm so sad

Calabria62 Apr 15th, 2019 11:10 AM

I am glued to CNN watching this tragedy in Paris. So very sorry this is happening....such history, beauty, and significance. A terrible loss to a a world in need of beauty and awe.

Treesa Apr 15th, 2019 11:16 AM

Beyond devastating. I think I'm having a bad dream.

Sue_xx_yy Apr 15th, 2019 11:17 AM

Oh my God, I just saw the videos. The spire has collapsed. This 12th century building is stone atop wooden frame. It is, unfortunately, gone, no doubt the victim of the renovations meant to protect it.

My last memory was of a Remembrance Day, listening as the bells of Notre Dame rang the changes at 11:00. To have come through two wars and now this. It is heartbreaking.


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