Time-lapse shots of Notre-Dame spire may offer clues on blaze | World News, The Indian Express

Time-lapse shots of Notre-Dame spire may offer clues on blaze | World News, The Indian Express

By Reuters |Paris |Published: April 18, 2019 3:42:39 pm

Time-lapse shots of Notre-Dame spire may offer clues on blaze

Europe Echafaudage was one of five companies contracted to restore the landmark spire, which was timber-framed and towered 295 feet (90 metres), shaping the skyline along the Seine river.

Flames and smoke rise as the spire of Notre Dame cathedral is on fire in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. A catastrophic fire engulfed the upper reaches of Paris’ soaring Notre Dame Cathedral as it was undergoing renovations Monday, threatening one of the greatest architectural treasures of the Western world as tourists and Parisians looked on aghast from the streets below. (AP Photo/Dominique Bichon)

A time lapse camera installed just hours before Monday’s devastating blaze at Notre-Dame de Paris may contain vital clues as to what caused the inferno, a French scaffolding company working at the cathedral said on Thursday.