Fire-ravaged Notre Dame now stabilized, firefighters leave

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 23:15:05 +0000

A worker prepares to remove a statue from the damaged Notre Dame cathedral, in Paris, Friday, April 19, 2019. Rebuilding Notre Dame, the 800-year-old Paris cathedral devastated by fire this week, will cost billions of dollars as architects, historians and artisans work to preserve the medieval landmark. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Architects and construction workers have stabilized the damaged structure of Notre Dame cathedral, four days after a fast-spreading fire ravaged the iconic Paris building, and firefighters were leaving the site Friday night, a fire service official said.

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Minor fire hits Santa Cruz Church in Manila

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 11:41:23 +0000

Minor fire hits Santa Cruz Church in Manila

MANILA, Philippines — Fire broke out at the Santa Cruz Church or the Archdiocesan Shrine of The Blessed Sacrament in Manila Friday night, the Bureau of Fire Protection’s (BFP) Arson Investigation Division confirmed.

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Police eye electrical short-circuit in Notre Dame fire probe

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 00:17:41 +0000

Police eye electrical short-circuit in Notre Dame fire probe

A French judicial police official said investigators think an electrical short-circuit most likely caused Notre Dame Cathedral fire.

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France to hold daylong tribute to Notre Dame firefighters

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 07:45:25 +0000

An image made available by Gigarama.ru on Wednesday April 17, 2019 shows an aerial shot of the fire damage to Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on Tuesday April 16. Nearly $1 billion has already poured in from ordinary worshippers and high-powered magnates around the world to restore Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after it was damaged in a massive fire on Monday. (Gigarama.ru via AP)

PARIS — It’s a day of tribute to the Paris firefighters who saved Notre Dame Cathedral from collapse and rescued its treasures from encroaching flames. French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting them for a special gathering on Thursday. Later, Paris City Hall will hold a ceremony in the firefighters’ honor, with a concert, two giant […]

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Bells of French cathedrals ring in tribute to Notre Dame

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 23:01:13 +0000

Bells of French cathedrals ring in tribute to Notre Dame

Bells of cathedrals across France rang in a moving tribute Wednesday to Notre Dame as firefighters and experts continued to keep the beloved but weakened landmark under close surveillance.

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Bishop: Notre Dame will be closed up to 6 years

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:37:13 +0000

Bishop: Notre Dame will be closed up to 6 years

PARIS — The latest on the fire that tore through the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris (all times local):1:20 p.m.Notre Dame’s rector says he will close the burned-out Paris cathedral for up to six years.Bishop Patrick Chauvet acknowledged that the famed monument would close down for “five to six years” as he spoke with local business owners Wednesday, two days after a blaze torched the roof of the cathedral and brought down its spire.

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