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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5QO5dP_NSk
NOTES on the FULL INTERVIEW of Notre Dame architect Benjamin Mouton on French TV
The discussion involved several people, see below. All comments below are by the architect unless otherwise noted.
Key points of video:
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We need to examine the vaults.
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On fire speading so quickly: "That is incomprehensible….It is remarkable."
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"No idea on the origin."
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The propagation "is extremely puzzling."
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Old (800 year old) oak: hard to burn.
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Electrical system had been upgraded, "so that no short circuit was possible."
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There was fire detection and protection in place.
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When he was working at the Cathedral, there were 2 men always stationed in the Cathedral, in case of a fire outbreak who could notify authorities. -
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"So I am quite flabbergasted."
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From another person present at the interview: heard there was no worker on the site when the fire broke out, he wonders why.
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Architect mentions the presence of fire doors.
*These sites are "very high surveillance."
[Interviewer observes that this suggests that "someone may have caused the conditions of the fire."]
* Architect: "I will refrain from making any assumptions."
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Someone also asks whether there were initially 2 fires. Architect says he heard was only one initial fire.
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Re fire retardant applied to timbers: says it's hard to get to penetrate such ancient wood.
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Architect was not surprised by the fact that the 2 towers didn't burn because of the way the building is constructed.
''Mouton can't believe this fire could have happened but does not want to say it was arson. Because it would contradict the official account??''