Benjamin Mouton, former Chief Architect of Notre-Dame-de-Paris: "It amazes me a lot... " ex-chief architect of Notre Dame de Paris it amazes me a lot 17/04/2019 LCI, the 16.04.2019 Benjamin Mouton (Chief Architect in charge of Notre-Dame until 2013): "the fire could not start from a short circuit, from a single punctual incident. It takes a real calorific load at the start to launch such a disaster. Oak is a particularly resistant wood. " (Link) https://www.batiactu.com/edito/notre-... An important fire detection and protection device "in 40 years of experience, I have never experienced a fire of this kind," says the one who believes that the fire protection set up in the Cathedral was at its highest level. "When I dealt with fire detection, which was a very expensive device, it took very few minutes for an agent to go to the lifting of doubt, we had many wooden doors replaced by fire doors, we limited all electrical appliances, which were forbidden in the attic, "he says to Batiactu. "It takes a real calorific load at the start to launch such a disaster. The oak is a particularly resistant wood. "the mystery about the causes of the fire remains thus whole. An expert in the construction sector also confides his misunderstanding with Batiactu: "the fire was not able to start from a short circuit, from a single punctual incident. It takes a real calorific load at the start to launch such a disaster. Oak is a particularly resistant wood. " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap9JrTWFjVs
