Notre-Dame Cathedral spire in Paris collapses, engulfed in flames

[conuly]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/notre-dame-cathedral-paris-fire-1.5098604

Comments

not as bad as first feared

[redbird]

This is bad, but not as bad as it sounded from the early reports. Both towers and the facade seem to have survived, as have all the movable artworks and saints' relics: https://twitter.com/KoliaDelesalle/status/1117865987670364160

Re: not as bad as first feared

[tielan]

Small mercies. But still.