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suffragette

(12,232 posts) Mon Apr 15, 2019, 05:06 PM Apr 2019

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France 24 now reporting the main structure of Notre Dame will be saved per the fire fighters.

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France 24 now reporting the main structure of Notre Dame will be saved per the fire fighters. (Original Post) suffragette Apr 2019 OP

Edited to add tweet from France 24 suffragette Apr 2019 #1

Update from the Guardian suffragette Apr 2019 #2

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1. Edited to add tweet from France 24

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Mon Apr 15, 2019, 05:13 PM

Apr 2019

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2. Update from the Guardian

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Mon Apr 15, 2019, 05:37 PM

Apr 2019

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

A French official and the Paris fire chief have told the Associated Press that they think Notre Dame Cathedral’s landmark rectangular towers have been saved from the fire that caused horrific damage.

The structure of the cathedral has been saved, and the fire has been stopped from spreading to the northern belfry, Paris police said.

The junior interior minister Laurent Nuñez says that authorities remain “prudent” but are “much more optimistic” than they were earlier tonight.

He adds that the fire has “decreased in intensity” and “the structure of the building is saved, including the north tower.”

Paris fire commander Jean-Claude Gallet says that a major accomplishment of the hundreds of firefighters was stopping the flames from spreading to the north tower belfry.

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