When we were there some years ago we were told that they don't know how they made some of the stained glass colors, especially the reds. In other buildings where they replaced broken pieces you can see the difference. Sad.
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Sacre bleu!
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Hope all were able to get out safely. An 800 year old building is probably a tinderbox.
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I hope Rudy made it out.
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The stained glass art is irreplaceable.
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Tragic. Good news it sounds like no one was hurt. Only hope they were able to save the art.
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Appearing to confirm now that the roof has collapsed. That's bad news for the glass and the interior.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/15/pari...e-reuters.html
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Man that thing is going up fast. Cant imagine that heat wont buckle those walls eventually. Could be looking at a near total loss.
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For those who haven't been (or who haven't seen pictures), this is the kind of stuff we're talking about. It's all over that place. (Taken last summer.)


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Man. That’s freaking sad.
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As an advertising major this represents a big opportunity to turn it into something even grander.

But also as an Art History major this is heartbreaking.

As a Catholic this is suspicious.
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Meh. It's France. Even if it's a contemporary Algerian-ified France.

Some dipshit flicked a cig into something combustible.
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Yeah, my money is on a construction worker dropping a cigarette or something. But we'll see.
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If nothing else, it would be relatively tough for a random arson to set fire to it spire first. You'd have to use a flaming arrow viking style or something.
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