Notre Dame Cathedral Up in Flames

[Mayhem]

Notre Dame Cathedral - one of the most popular landmarks in Paris - is going up in flames. The entire roof has just collapsed.

It gets more than 12 million visitors each year, making it the most visited building in Paris.

More info : https://www.tmz.com/2019/04/15/notre-dame-cathedral-fire-flames-paris/

[catfancie]

Its quite a shame when such an iconic structure has so much damage.

[Squid]

What a terrible thing!  I was there and loved it.  It sounds like the building will be spared but the spires, roof, etc. are gone.  I wish them well in rebuilding.

[Mayhem]

I missed this part on my last post :

One bit of good news ... 16 statues that sit atop Notre Dame - representing the 12 apostles and 4 evangelists - were removed just last week as part of the restoration project.

[Squid]

That really is good news.  I also heard that they got out most of the priceless relics and art, maybe not all.

[Mayhem]

Here's the latest on this :

French billionaires and major companies have pledged to donate at least 600 million euros to help reconstruct the Notre Dame Cathedral.

[Squid]

This morning it was up to a billion euros!   I wonder if insurance is involved at all with this.