Fire at Notre-Dame, the next day: Paris gets up with its "heart" gothic gray and sorry – 16/04/2019

In the light of day, the cathedral of Notre Dame It looks like a desolate and gray Gothic specter, with its smoking structure and four lines of water that cool it. The fire is over but firefighters are afraid of landslides.

Our Lady it was saved. The structure of this old lady of Paris managed to maintain itself. But specialists, architects and police gathered on Tuesday morning have detected some vulnerabilities.

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"The structure is maintained but there are vulnerabilities, especially at the safe level.A north transept pawn must be secured, resulting in the evacuation of five buildings located in the neighboring buildings, rue du Cloître, "explained the Secretary of State to the Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez.

Need another 48 hours consider whether the cathedral building is safe. The roof, your woods of the year 1000, was lost with the "Arrow", which was rebuilt because it was losing its lead.

After the tragedy, hope. The world is reaching out and generously supporting the reconstruction. At least 600 million euros they have already been reached in just a few hours in France, with the contribution of the country's great fortunes and its businesses. Arnault, Pinault, Total they were the first to support with 300 million euros.

They are joined by the mayor of Paris with $ 50 million and the proposal of a national conference of donors, regions and thousands of small taxpayers. The Heritage Foundation has launched a national collection. Football clubs in France will participate in the reconstruction. But solidarity does not come only from big companies. The rabbi of France and the rector of the Lyon mosque asked Jews and Muslims for their collaboration "because Our Lady is the soul of our country". In Russia and Africa, they have already started their collection.

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At least four hundred firefighters, divided into groups and applauded on its way out by the crowd waiting on the Seine, they worked against the fire for All night long. A 3:30 in the morning considered the fire "controlled" but not turned off. Nine hours of fighting, with two policemen and a firefighter wounded. The cooling process has now begun and has rebadured sensitive areas. At least 100 firefighters are in the area, fearing that the fireplaces will be reactivated.

The windows of the cathedral were saved. They can be affected by water but the fire did not burn them. The light and the spectacular shadows of Notre Dame can be preserved.

The Paris prosecutor, Rémy Heitz, was Tuesday in the region but could not enter the structure because of the dangers that threatened, for fear of falling statues and structures. Its current stability needs to be badessed.

"The accidental trail is currently privileged," said the prosecutor. Although the French require an investigation to find out if it 's an accident or sabotage.

The police crime squad opened its investigation Monday night. Workers from the five companies that were working at the time of the fire arrived at the brigade to start declaring themselves and continued on Tuesday. The first signs mention gas and solder in the construction career that worked in "The arrow" (the needle), which fell on fire and split in two.

The workers left work at 5:30 pm, one hour before the first witnesses discovered the smoke and the flames. At least 50 researchers are looking for all the clues. The first call for firefighters was at 6:20 pm and the second alert arrived at 6:43 pm, shortly before President Emmanuel Macron went to a national chain of the country, to discuss the solution to the crisis on yellow jackets . .

Witnesses mention that the first flares they were yellow, with a strong smell of gas in the smoke. Then, explosions were heard, when the fire took possession of the structure created to repair its roof and "The arrow".

Without roof and without "Arrow", its symbol, Notre-Dame is devastated with the French of all religions. But it is too early to determine the extent of its destruction and the time it takes to recover it. Part of the vault has sunk and it is very dangerous to enter the interior.

Many works of art were saved by the rector of the cathedral and a human chain, with firefighters, priests, employees of Notre Dame, the police of the prefecture opposite and helping neighbors.

The chalices, the tunic of St. Louis, the crown of thorns, tradition which was placed by the soldiers in the crucifixion of Jesus, manuscripts of gold candelabra and incunabula were saved and transferred from Monday to Tuesday evening at the City Hall. Today, he began his transfer to the Louvre Museum. The treasure of Notre Dame has been saved.

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The reconstruction and its questions began. Some think it could last 40 years, time of the reconstruction of the bombed cathedral of Reims. Former Minister of Culture Jack Lang said that It must be immediate.

"We need the help of the world," said Culture Minister Franck Riester. "The state will badume its responsibilities," he said after hailing "the energy, the will and solidarity of all compatriots, of all citizens".

"It will take years of work," said André Finot, spokesman for the cathedral. "Part of the vault has a hole in. I left the cathedral at 4 am and it's forbidden to get in. It's too early to tell what damage exists," he said. he declared.

The bridges on the Seine near the cathedral of Paris They were reopened. Parisians are faced with the horror of seeing the old lady in the light of day.

"I wanted to get up but I was afraid to see the disaster of the cathedral.I find it destroyed.For me, it became impossible to see it burn," said Louise Penchard, teacher and resident of the cathedral. an apartment located opposite Notre Dame. "There was a moment when I left the river because I thought everything was lost in front of those flames, I am her neighbor, I woke up for 50 years with her and her tourists. to see it standing, smoking but resistant, the national unity, the history of France, our heart and the witness of our tragic journey since 1600, "he acknowledged.

In front of the cathedral, on the other side of the river, people kneel and pray in profound silence. There are no words. They do not reach. Simply cover your face with your hands or move your head, in an act of denial in the face of so much spiritual desolation and orphanhood.

Paris, correspondent