Smoke billows from cathedral in French city of Rouen after spire catches fire
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- čas přidán 10. 07. 2024
- The spire of a gothic cathedral in the French city of Rouen, Normandy, caught fire on Thursday 11 July.
Footage broadcast on BFMTV showed a dark plume of smoke rising from the spire and people in the streets below looking up in horror.
The cathedral, one of France’s finest, was painted several times by impressionist artist Claude Monet in the 19th century.
A state official confirmed the cathedral had been evacuated and emergency services were on the scene.
The scene in Rouen was reminiscent of the devastating fire at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris in 2019.
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How many times is this going to happen? Notre-Dame, Copenhagen stock exchange, and now this. You're supposed to restore the buildings, not burn them to the ground.
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@@RASKATFAETON Wtf are you talking about?
@@RASKATFAETONThat's a lot of useless psycho-babble. .
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@@robertjeffcoat441 SO YOU ARE ALL SMALL BRITISH PEOPLE - A BUCKLE OF CLUTCH - NEGATIVE HRAFSTRA-ENERGY. .
Caught fire? You mean - arson in politcorrect tone
I visited France several years and stayed in Rouen. I went for a walk into the town and cut through a side street. Turning left to go into the town I turned around and was amazed by the size of the beautiful building in front of me. The Cathedral is huge and I have yet to see a picture of it that can capture the size and mesmerising beauty of it. You really have to see it in person because it will stop you in your tracks! I hope there is very little damage.
some damages to the spyre floor only, Said the FIRE FIGHTERS in charge , mostly because of the amont of water they used to stop that fire.. Happy reading your comment about our beautiful cathedral .THANKS
I wonder how this happened without offending a particular group.
Work was being undertaken at the time .
Yes because spires just randomly 'catch fire' all the time.
They do.
Guy "looking on in horror" as he casually brings the vape pen to his mouth then blows out a big plume of vapor.
He looks like a leftist.
'Catches fire'
People are wise
All over France actually, churches catching fire, wonder why? Its only mainly in France too. Perhaps someone doesn't like christianity...
Oh really, which other ones, Karen?
🧐 you said ''all over '' FRANCE .. NEVER HEARD that ... as a fire fighter ?? Are you sure ? 😂😂😂😂 Oh you'are a troll 😥
You don't know who hâte christianisme !!!???
There re radical Islmamists and secularists who arent keen on Christianity . But so far there is no evidence this was anything other than an accident .,
@@user-ds9vr3mg4z The EU literally talked about it happening all over France, as well as a beheading of a Christian woman in Nice.
You seem like the troll to me because it takes one google search and a bit of light reading to find out that Christians and Churches are being targeted all over France.
Erasing history 🙄😖💯
😅🤣😂😉
True. Those pissful ppl will erase your history and replace with theirs. Colonisation 101. Lebanon, syria, afghanistan, iran, egypt (same thing had happened
Seems to be a lot of church renovations resulting in churches burning down in France lately
Why this is only happening to cathedrals not mosques 🤔
Maybe you should stop letting construction workers smoke cigarettes?
😂😂 NO CIGARETTE INVOLVED TODAY but an electrical tool used during a repear work close to'the spyre
Maybe France should stop renovating churches?
maybe stupid ppl should stop commenting stupid comments
They’d rather stop migration first
They better should stop renovating eastern visas
"catches fire" ... what a thorough and detailed description. Nothing to see here, move on quickly.
My comment was not allowed because I mentioned the religion of peace attacking European culture.
ТАКОЙ РЕЛИГИИ НЕТ.
You aren't the brightest tool in the shed are you.
Secularism in Europe is in damger
Its not. Its the freemasons burning the buildings. Both Catholics and Islam are the same thing
Guys don't worry, the French Government isn't going to call this a terrorist attack. It's just a national landmark that has caught fire. It's not like it was a pair of towers that were, unfortunately, in the way of a bunch of passenger planes.
They probably wont call it a terrorist attack until there is proof of that . Why would a terrorist set fire to a spire that is 400 feet high and not damage the main building with a bomb or fire ? There was a terrorist plot by Islamists to bomb Strasbourg cathedral many years ago . There was also the terrorist attack on the priest in Rouen a few years ago , but I will wait until more evidence appears .
Sarcastically, may you never stop grinning.
This is tragic, such a beautiful cathedral, this needs to be looked into.
It seems very suspicious, really hope all will be well. 🙏
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Does Allah have little helpers?
Are you kidding me 😂😂😂😂😂
@@rahulyo7298 of course this is terrorism
Allah helpers will not enter catholics churches 😂😂😂 .
They Never dare entering a church
@@anthonychristensen-xt5sl Is it ? Why would they just set fire to the spire which has scaffolding up where work is being done.?
Renovation presents a fire risk from sparks, short-circuits, and heat from welding. Renovations also introduce worker negligence in the form of cigarettes.
Arson presents a high risk of a destructive fire that destroys national monuments, historic places, Churches, and national treasures etc.
Sorry for you.. but people on that vlog seem to be reluctant when given a correct answer. They prefer only to misunderstand and turning it into a plot ..🔥. a conspiracy.. 😥
@@user-ds9vr3mg4z Arson is a common weapon used by the left wing and others. They burn down Churches and destroy other national treasures. It's obvious you lack any knowledge about the subject. There's no conspiracy involved. The CIA coined the term Conspiracy Theorist when the public questioned the government about the assassination of JFK. You can't handle the truth.
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Jean D'Arc est revenue?
Non mais en grattant un peu le sol de la place du marché a ROUEN où était érigé son bûcher.. vous pourriez retrouver quelques CENDRES lui ayant appartenu 😂🔥
Its all part of the plan
Sounds like Allahu Akbar struck again.
Does it ?
Catholic church created Islam. The lie is deeper than you might think
it got allah akbared
A smoker did that, one of the workers on their smoke break dropped their cigarette.
That old chestnut..
@@Lillilady888 CHESTNUT ?? May be OAK 😊.
they care more about that crap than people
bet they find money to rebuilt it tho
Only a matter of time before Meghan Markle, Jeremy Corbyn and Sangita Myska get blamed for this!
and dont forget George Soros and the WEF .
If people really knew what was really going on in these cathedrals, people would wake up to the horrors they have committed against children.
Ive been in loads of cathedrals and have never seen that .
Another one?? The French are weak.
Why not wait until the facts are known before laying blame. What is being written here and in other sites is the result of blind prejudice. Where are your brains? Wait for the truth, dont spout ignorant nonsense.
We don’t get the truths do we, what we get is what they want you to think.
@@brucewilliams8714 was it global warming then.🤣🤣🤣 wake up fgs.
@@brucewilliams8714 was it global warming then 🤣🤣🤣 wake up FFS.
We only need to look at recent "accidents" to see where the blame is.
the media lies
The world’s going to lose much more thanks to severe climate events.
😂😂😂 il n'y a pas de réchauffement climatique du a l humain. C est le cycle naturel du soleil. Le co2 nourrit les végétaux, bien sur ont ne peu taxer le soleil.
Chercher du côté de Haap et de l ensemencement des nuages.
De l herbe très sèche même à 50 degrés ne peu s enflammé sans intervention humaine, sauf cas rare, par la foudre
ВСЕ СОБОРЫ ДОЛЖНЫ ВЫГЛЯДЕТЬ - КАК НОТЕРДАМ В ОГНЕ. . .
мирная религия тоже будет гореть, очень скоро ;)
@@wiffohe КРЕЩЕНИЕ ОГНЁМ - БУДЕШЬ ИЗУЧАТЬ, УМНИЛО. . .😃😉
Нет, спасибо, я к счастью не верю в сказки на небе, но культуру которую уничтожают мирные буду защищать силой 💋
Says a lot right there, but not reported on. How come he's allowed to threaten western religion? Disgusting. Our churches are precious and historic.
@@wiffohe РЕЛИГИЯ - НЕ ГОРИТ - КАК И СВЯЗЬ - С БОГАМИ. . .
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Is that what your faith teaches you? Shame on you and your mother who raised you like that.
Maybe it's you who "caught", pardon - set this fire?
Another Islamist attack on European culture, well done the lefties of France for not allowing Le Pen to sort the problem out.
@@Ivan-pb2zz YOU STILL SCREAM ON BEHALF OF GRANDMOTHER POLETTA!!!
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