Firefighters tackle the blaze as flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. Massive plumes of yellow brown smoke is filling the air above Notre Dame Cathedral and ash is falling on tourists and others around the island that marks the center of Paris.
“Everything is burning, nothing will remain from the frame,” Notre Dame spokesman Andre Finot told French media. The 12th-century cathedral is home to incalculable works of art and is one of the world’s most famous tourist attractions. French President Emmanuel Macron was treating the fire as a national emergency, rushing to the scene and straight into meetings at the Paris police headquarters nearby.
Among the most celebrated artworks inside are its three stained-glass rose windows, placed high up on the west, north and south faces of the cathedral. Its priceless treasures also include a Catholic relic, the crown of thorns, which is only occasionally displayed, including on Fridays during Lent. “It’s been 800 years that the Cathedral watches over Paris”, Pascal said. “Happy and unfortunate events for centuries have been marked by the bells of Notre Dame.”Associated Press reporters at the scene saw massive plumes of yellow brown smoke filling the air above the Cathedral and ash falling on the island that houses Notre Dame and marks the center of Paris. As the spire fell, the sky lit up orange.
President Trump offered unsolicited advice...and, your nasty complaint is? He is interested .. he cares.. he had ideas? or what? Shame on you, virtue signal against a non-lefty President.
But they did- take a breath. The interior's a sooty mess and the steeple's down, but the building is there!
What a pity
I do not know the details, but I can assume that - repairs were carried out, and in order to save money - they hired immigrants. Not?
Oh no hope it can be saved! Heart goes out to all effected by this x
KTLA This breaks my heart, cruel, cold hearted people who did this
This is so sad! All that history and art gone😩
SamChampion 💔
I thought I was wrong
jillianmele The firefighters were able to save the crown of thorns and other relics, along with the main building structure.
A real disaster! So heartbreaking. 😭
Chris_Smoove y’all better fix it
International tragedy!
chrisjollyhale A Church or Synagogue burned every week in Paris. Now at the start of Holy Week the Media will not let anyone discuss the truth, we are being robbed and gutted as a culture. Everyone needs to know this because the FAKE MEDIA will not let us discuss
I am heartbroken
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Just devastating.
It’s incredibly sad to read about this. The building is incredibly beautiful. My heart weeps for the people of Paris.
Did the hunchback survive?
It’s a building.
alisonc42 Wow....a huge loss...😢😔😭
KjerstinBell 😢😢😢😢
They saved it, but it is badly damaged.
BSkylstad Without hope we have no more then hate to see each other in the world as equals stay strong France 🇫🇷
Have faith.
6News Some people did something
No....
💔🙏
Omg. 😢
😞
If they find this to be arson my bet is they will suppress the story. They have had a bad stretch of fires and vandalism to churches in France lately. I wonder why?
😥
Absolutely heartbreaking 😢
Somewhat in line with the collapse of Christianity in Europe. Can't wait for a statement from the worst Pope of my 72 years of life.
If only Christianity went up in smoke with it...
Very sad and devastating news 😥😂
14News Imagine being the worker that burnt down Notre Dame ..... yikes
Once I heard that the roof had collapsed, I knew it would be an almost total loss.
brianmaycom Unreal... So sad.. Thank you Brian for the retweet. Such a shame..
Yay now we can toast our baguettes
brianmaycom I'm sick over this 😭☹️😭😭
Chris_Smoove LIKE FIRE HELL FIRE THIS FIRE IN MY SKIN
jillianmele The structure of Notre-Dame de Paris 'is saved and preserved in its entirety'
🥵
My heart is yearning but Paris is burning 😢
Chris_Smoove Can we get an f for France
Very depressing how a piece if history slips a way in a blink.
France’s 9-11 without the deaths...
I have an idea. Let’s rebuild it and turn into a Mosque.
Four arrested after car dumped near Notre dame early hours mo day 2x2 location trying to escape France one hnown highly suspected terrorists .....NS
jillianmele Open Border Misery! Thank the liberals!
They're French, what do you expect?
Three guesses as to how that started.
This is a tragedy
A crying shame
Easter Week-Pontifex
Are you serious with that map? You're locating Notre Dame in the middle of Versailles gardens! This is ANOTHER church called Notre Dame. Notre-Dame de Paris is, as the name says, IN THE MIDDLE OF PARIS, you moron! Can't you check that?!
I am So sad
Macron wants to let Notre Dame burn to the ground to cover up the causes of the fire. The truth could make French people even more furious and lead to a civil war.
How in the hell was the Paris fire department not prepared for this? Catholic churches in Paris have been desecrated all year. They should have been prepared. Disgraceful!
I suspect they'll just turn it into a mosque. Totally UNPLANNED..
Man this is horrible, hopefully everyone is alright and some of the artifacts can be saved. NotreDame
How is a fire department in such an important political/social/historical city not prepared for this?!? Are there no plans in place for fire at a monumentally important place? Beyond words....
That ship had just about sailed. Last time I looked it was almost burned down to the ground. None of the building was even visible anymore. Just flames and more flames.
in a minute the humane race will be able to colonise Mars, and we are not able to stop a fire? in a building? while the building is of such importance? is it a reality check or something is not right?
brianmaycom Is it arson?
An irreplaceable, beautiful piece of our history. I wonder how it started?
So sad. I feel for the people of Paris. Such a beautiful cathedral. I will cherish my memories there.
JPaigeWWJ I don't think it's even a possibility! Hearts of tears.😭 An accidental or attack? Muslim terrorist not happy in that country.
all I can see is french fire fighters are even more usless than french military.
chesterlampkin Rose window beautiful
CdnPress 12 French Churches Attacked, Vandalized in One Week
Bad bad news!
This is trumps fault
'Some people burnt something'
Sadly, that may be so. 😭😭😭😭
survived so much. but couldn't survive EmmanuelMacron
komonews This is absolutely terrible. Heartbreaking to see this treasure being destroyed! notredameparis
Are you serious? Oh god 🙏🏿😢
komonews A loss for all of us...such history and beauty
maggieNYT 2 centuries to build. It’s too horrible to think it could fall in a day
The French ppl are weak in more ways than one.
Prayers for the Cathedral. So heartbreaking for France and the world but Christ lives on no matter the structure!
So horrible.😢
6News That's Ominous..😕🙀
“Accident”
OMG Sad day xoxoxo n the loss of an Icon. Hopefully something will be salvageable. Our thoughts are with you!!!🙏🙏
The cult has many more buildings, they'll be fine
I feel sick to my stomach witnessing this tragedy.
Someone did something.
God is trying to say some to The World NotreDameCathedral John 2:19 Jesus answered them,'Destroy this temple, & I will raise it again in 3days.' Mark 14:58 'We heard him say,'I will destroy this temple made with human hands and in 3days will build another,not made with hands.''
😢
It’s God’s will. It’s in a better place now. Thoughts & prayers. God always has a bigger plan. Trust His plan. Did I miss any of your Catholic bullshit
rangaba That’s just devastating.
Chris_Smoove Thats heartbreaking
This is very sad, such a beautiful church and landmark 🙏🏾
HPJArt Just do this. You’re welcome, France and God.
This is like watching an old man die slowly. Heartbreaking.
KTLA So sad.
TedNesi “Heartbreaking!”
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😢😢
Based on the photos, it appears Notre Dame was under restoration/construction. Any confirmation that this might've been the cause?
Oh no.
Is April 15 the worst date in world history ?
maggieNYT It's hard to watch. 😞
This is sad
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Oh no! So sad! 💔
RIP
Mary_reports 😟
Damn, that’s messed up
As a pentecostal and inter-denominational Christian, art historian, artist, retired businesswoman and traveler, the destruction of Notre Dame, (a sacred place I have visited several times) is very painful. Prayers 🙏🏾 😔
Chris_Smoove Damn!
olgaNYC1211 This is horrific, but it does sound like much of the artwork had been removed, that is good news.
😢
redsteeze If anyone is looking for the SIGN FROM GOD, look no more... PreyForNotreDameDeParis
So sad, so tragic.
Wasn't there a laser scan of the interior done that showed a design flaw that was leading to a structural failure of the stonework?
Architectural masterpiece but all churches represent religions and all religions represent hate, slavery, misogyny, racism prejudice and child rape
Maybe the pope will stop kissing peoples feet
😭
Quite striking that this total loss coincides w/ a major renovation. Brings to mind the Pentagon had just had a major renovation to 'missile-proof' the exact wall on the rear of the building, and then something struck it, exactly there. 2.3 Trillion lost.
Cernovich Plans have been made for this already. Please do understand that reasons are higher than you might possibly think. Everything is a distraction and done just under our nose...
It was either Muslim extremists or the Easter Bunny.
Heartbreaking.
Cernovich Well maybe they could have if they didn’t wait 3 hours to show up !!!! Disgusting. They should be ashamed.
NOOOOOOOOOOOO 😭😭😭
redsteeze Since that old church is out of the way they can build another mosque now.
So sad! :'(
Heartbreaking
Hunchbacks revenge
We take so much for granted. Then something like this happens and you realize how fragile things are. Horrible.
Build a replica on the same sight
To me it's symbolic of the Evil engulfing the world.
WillieGeist Such PROFOUND SADNESS for the damage to Notre Dame Cathedral. This is an EPIC LOSS for France and the World. My Broken Heart is in PARIS tonight . . . 💔😢🙏🏻🇫🇷💔
redsteeze Crazy
Heartbreaking.
What a mess France is. The open door policy destroyed that country.
😢
DON'T. OVER. EXAGGERATE.
This is unbelievable so very very sad
Nooooooo
Wow
Could have told you that 2 hours ago.
This is bad!
F💔CK
😭 😭 😭
😪😪😪
Terror attacking...
Cernovich Still no helicopters? Gee, could the powers that be want it to burn down?
😢😢😢😭😭😭 just no words!
I would bleed on the thing if I was there. They would have to shoot me to stop me from attempting to put out the fire & some of you fuckers are standing around watching. I would literally have died to prevent this from happening. That would have been a good death. But holy fuck!
Only if they would listen to a StableGenius Trump and use flying water tankers 🤷♂️ he knows everything about everything more than anyone, firefighters come to learn from him. Sad
Heartbreaking 😪
My heart breaks for my French friends and their Countrymen. And for the world.
Beyond words... 💔💔💔💔
Breaking indeed.
Aw man I cannot believe this ....
What a sad sad day.
😢😢😢
Heartbreaking.
This just made my heart sink
Come on!!!
Oh God
One of the most moving experiences of my life was visiting Notre Dame de Paris. I am profoundly grateful for that day, and profoundly sad for this one.
MAY not?!?!
We can rebuild 😇
😰😰😰
No!!!!! 😢
😢
Devastating, so sad.
Damn!
God works in mysterious ways this is the wrath of the lord
Ūađ er mjög dapurlegt. 😢
Holy hell. Glad I saw it once at least.
It’s only Monday and I want this week over.
Would be wild if the Rothschild’s had an insurance policy on this cathedral
💔💔 So very sad just heartbreaking
😥😥😥😥😥😥
SADLY, ITS QUITE OBVIOUS.
They didn’t have Donald trump throwing paper towels at disaster victims tho.
What a loss
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