

The inquiry continues as President Macron this week reiterated his pledge that the cathedral would be rebuilt by the deadline of 2024, and said that officials aim to hold the first service in 2024. The motor and all the electric parts were far below the place where the fire started.” Rebuilding and services by 2024 He said: “I can confirm that the lift hypothesis is, in my opinion, far-fetched. These cables and the machinery were positioned a good 15 metres below the spire and the alleged start of the blaze. Mr Le Bras has also disputed another hypothesis, which is that the fire may have been caused by electric cables and machinery connected to the two roof lifts that the workers had installed as part of their construction site. He said: “Nothing, no welding, no cutting, no grinding I am positive.” Yet, according to Mr Le Bras, the 12 workers in the spire - who have themselves been giving evidence to the inquiry - confirmed that there was no heat source in the spire or the roof. Until now, the inquiry had focused on the hypothesis of a “hot point”, or a source of heat in the spire that could have caused the fire. #NotreDamedeParis /Boguegz4rl- Mediavenir April 15, 2021

Emmanuel #Macron se rendra sur place ce matin, afin de voir l’avancée du chantier. It is also considering whether the workers on the scaffolding could have inadvertently damaged the cables.įLASH - Il y a 2 ans jour pour jour, la cathédrale Notre-Dame de #Paris était victime d’un violent incendie. The inquiry is now investigating whether the bells could have been the source of the blaze. The bells rang at 18:04 on April 15, and the fire was declared at 18:20 the same evening. The newspaper continues to allege that three medium-size electronic bells were first installed in the roof in 2007, followed by three other bells installed in the spire itself in 2021.

Despite the risk of short-circuiting, and in breach of all the safety regulations laid out by the chief architects of historic monuments.” Le Canard Enchaîné reported: “Electric wires were running in the roof, placed there at the express demand of the clergy. But knowing why these bells were there, and if they were regularly maintained or authorised that’s not my problem. He added that his staff had been surprised to hear the bells during their work there before the fire. Julien Le Bras, head of the company Le Bras frère and its scaffolding subsidiary, Europe Echafaudage, which was working on the spire at the time of the fire, told Marianne that the revelation had been one of the major surprises of the judicial inquiry into the incident.
