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Notre Dame Cathedral fire being investigated as accident for now, prosecutors
say

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Investigators are treating the fire that engulfed Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral
as an accident for now, the local prosecutor's office said Monday evening.

Paris police will investigate the disaster as "involuntary destruction caused
by fire" and have ruled out arson and potential terror-related motives for
starting the blaze, officials said.

The prosecutors' statement came moments after a government official and the
Paris fire chief said they were optimistic that the cathedral's world-famous
bell towers had been saved from the fire, and that the main structure of the
building remained intact. It was a rare piece of good news on a night that
left thousands in the streets of the French capital and millions around the
world looking on in shock as one of the world's great religious, cultural and
historic landmarks was consumed by flames.

Notre Dame spire collapses during massive fire
Notre Dame spire collapses during massive fire
Onlookers groan as Paris' historic 12th-century cathedral burns.

Fire chief Jean-Claude Gallet confirmed that firefighters had managed to stop
the fire spreading to the northern belfry, the stomping ground of the
fictional hunchback Quasimodo in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel "The Hunchback of
Notre Dame." He added that two-thirds of the cathedral's roof "has been
ravaged" and confirmed that one firefighter was injured, the only known
injury from the fire.

Late Monday, signs pointed to the fire nearing an end as lights could be seen
through the windows moving around the front of the cathedral, apparently
investigators inspecting the scene. Gallet said firefighters would keep
working overnight to cool down the building.

The blaze collapsed the cathedral's spire, which had been shrouded in
scaffolding as part of a 6 million-euro ($6.8 million) renovation project on
the spire and its 250 tons of lead. French media quoted the Paris fire
brigade as saying the fire was "potentially linked" to that construction. As
the spire fell, the sky lit up orange and flames shot out of the roof behind
the nave of the cathedral, among the most visited landmarks in the world.
Hundreds of people lined up bridges around the island that houses the church,
watching in shock as acrid smoke rose in plumes

The fire came less than a week before Easter amid Holy Week commemorations.
As the cathedral burned, Parisians gathered to pray and sing hymns outside
the church of Saint Julien Les Pauvres across the river from Notre Dame while
the flames lit the sky behind them.


French President Emmanuel Macron, who canceled a planned address to the
nation about the ongoing "yellow vest" crisis, rushed to the scene and
straight into meetings at the Paris police headquarters nearby. After
emerging to face a throng of reporters, Marcon vowed the cathedral would be
rebuilt and announced the launch of an international fundraising drive to
begin raising the millions of dollars necessary to restore the building to
its former glory.

NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL FIRE WITNESSES: 'IT KEEPS GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER'

"We will rebuild this cathedral," said Macron, who added that "The worst has
been avoided although the battle is not yet totally won." The French leader
also praised the "courage" and "great professionalism" of firefighters who
battled the blaze for approximately four hours.

Paris Archbishop Michel Aupetit invited priests across France to ring church
bells in a call for prayers for the beloved Paris cathedral.

Catholics around the world react to devastating fire at Notre Dame
Catholics around the world react to devastating fire at Notre Dame
Timothy Cardinal Dolan tweets that he asked 'the intercession of Notre Dame,
our Lady, for the Cathedral at the heart of Paris'; Trace Gallagher reports
from Los Angeles.

Built in the 12th and 13th centuries, Notre Dame is the most famous of the
Gothic cathedrals of the Middle Ages as well as one of the most beloved
structures in the world. Situated on the Ile de la Cite, an island in the
Seine river, its architecture is famous for, among other things, its many
gargoyles and its iconic flying buttresses.

Among its most celebrated art: 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. Paris Mayor Anne
Hidalgo tweeted early Tuesday that firefighters and "municipal agents" had
rescued several prominent items from the collection of artwork and holy
objects by passing them along what she called "a tremendous human chain."

"The Crown of thorns, the tunic of Saint Louis and several other major works
are now in a safe place," Hidalgo tweeted. It was not clear how many items
had been destroyed or damaged.

French historian Camille Pascal told the BFM broadcast channel the fire
marked "the destruction of invaluable heritage."

目前調查官初步判斷是意外起火
主結構是被火燒壞的
(也就是推翻了遭小偷的陰謀論)
但是藝術品、聖物的損毀價值無法估計

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