Talk:Notre-Dame fire

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The Notre-Dame fire broke out in the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris on 15 April 2019, causing severe damage to the building's spire, roof, and upper walls. The fire resulted in the contamination of the site and nearby areas of the city with toxic dust and lead. Investigators believed that the fire was caused by a cigarette or an electrical short circuit; the prosecutor of Paris found no evidence showing the fire was started deliberately. The cathedral's wooden spire, or flèche, was built by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in the Gothic Revival style and installed in 1859, weighing around 250 tons. This photograph, taken during the 2019 fire, depicts the spire of Notre-Dame aflame; it collapsed shortly afterwards.

Photograph credit: Guillaume Levrier

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Service at the time of the fire?

According to KTOTV there was the usual service of vespers on Monday 15 April. Given that vespers starts at 5:45pm and lasted 27 minutes, this video ends just minutes before the fire was discovered. https://www.ktotv.com/video/00267638/vepres-du-15-avril-2019 Can anyone confirm? Point of Presencetalk 11:01, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

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Other media references

The fire has also been the subject of a film on Netflix and a documentary on Disney+. Also, shortly after the fire, Ubisoft made its video game Assassin’s Creed: Unity (which had been released before the fire) available for free to all for a limited time, as the game contains a complete interactive model of the cathedral. Perhaps someone could add these to the article? Jhurley85 (talk) 00:38, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

Notability of claim of 'accident' predating the fire brigade even arriving?

Is it notable that this is the first disaster in history where the media, church, and government were declaring it was an 'accidental fire' before the fire brigade had even arrived on the scene and many days before a fire investigator had even gotten a look at the place? Before police, fire, or anyone had arrived - straight as it was a breaking story, there was a unanimous statement from all three. "Accident." Given that no one had been INTO the church since the fire had started, this was clearly a lie to placate the public and their jumping the gun was what made it evident. I'm in no way suggesting it's NOT an accident, but three institutes of power being caught in a lie is a notable and interesting historical event in my books. I don't think I've seen that done before, not so blatantly and in a way that a simple bit of reasoning can prove that they are lying to the public to placate them. 2001:8003:37B8:D900:50FD:2CD8:8930:2A5B (talk) 11:39, 14 May 2023 (UTC)