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Buzz cook

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Thu Apr 18, 2019, 01:22 AM
Apr 2019

While the investigation concerning the fire of Notre-Dame is underway, the thesis of the electric short-circuit is studied closely.


What really happened Monday, April 15, shortly after 6 pm at Notre-Dame de Paris? What triggered the fire? For now, investigators are interested in the electrical system that was installed on the scaffolding. The fire could have been triggered by a short circuit at the foot of the arrow. Each piece of stone and beam will be analyzed to try to understand the origin of the disaster.

"All procedures are in the standards"

The scaffolding company involved in the work used elevators to access the site. "There is a power supply of course.This elevator, it is distant from the cathedral, it is separated from seven to eight meters from the cathedral.There is a power supply that has been controlled (. ..) All procedures are in the standards, "says Julien Le Bras, the boss of Europe Scaffolding. Workers say they did not use electrical appliances that day.

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