The fire is clearly out of control. Its going to be destroyed.
sickening.
Yeah, this was intentionally set, absolutely no doubt. A stone church burns like it’s made of dry hay? Yeah Ok. And if it’s found to be yet another act of Islamic terror no doubt the French will do absolute sht about it and dork John Kerry will have James Taylor sing them a song and nothing will change.
Yep. Once it got into the framing it went up like a bonfire. The news feed could barely keep up.
Sickening indeed.
According to this report, the roof and atleast one of the spires have now collapsed:
With the rash of church burnings that have recently occurred in France, it is easy to point the finger at the “usual suspects.” (i.e, the Muslim community, especially recent immigrants). And, frankly, I think it more than likely that is where the culprit, if there is one, comes from.
But, if this is the case, the backlash is going to be tremendous and the French, while cultured and tolerant, can reveal a particularly thorough vindictive streak when provoked beyond endurance. Deliberately setting fire to Notre Dame would be such a provocation.
So, I hope that a prompt but thorough investigation is conducted to consider and eliminate other possible causes (renovation-related, non-Muslim church/religion hater, “mentally ill,” etc.) before the government and people turn on the immigrant community.
And while we wait, let’s see what kind of responses come in from various organizations (Muslim and otherwise) around France and the world.
Fires in these ancient buildings are impossible to fight if they reach the roof due to melting lead pouring down on the firefighters.