If the revelations of the Canard chained are accurate, they show how much the security of Notre-Dame de Paris included some incredible loopholes.
The newspaper, which had access, it seems, to
several elements of the
investigation, points to major problems, starting with the
habit of some workers on the site who
sometimes grilled a cigarette on the scaffolding , bypassing the instructions. "In the hearing, some workers admitted that they were coming - despite the strict prohibition -
to smoke on the scaffolding," reports Le Canard, adding that the police have already found seven butts on the scene. We think we dream.![Rolls eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](/forum/styles/cass/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
Second intriguing information: the famous
arrow, at the base of which would have started the fire,
included bells, long
out of order, but which had been electrified during the renovation of the grand chime of the towers of the cathedral in 2012. Electrification was provisional,
according to Le Canard, who quotes the chief architect of the historic Monuments Benjamin Mouton, but the provisional lasted ...
This chime of the arrow rang the same day of the drama, at 18 h 4, a few minutes before the first fire alarm. "There is no reason to say that the power supply of these chimes has been short-lived at 6:04 pm, but this assumption is taken seriously by cathedral experts. "
We learn that there were also
three small bells above the
keystone of the
transept, which
sometimes rang during mass.
"In 2007, they were electrified without anyone knowing who could authorize such imprudence, says the newspaper.
A video of 2015 shows this chime connected to
cables enthroned in the middle of the dust and beams. "