Why did the fire that hit Nantes cathedral last Saturday spread little? Is it because the frame is made of concrete, as several experts have said? "It is unfounded," replied this Thursday on France Info, General Jean-Louis Georgelin, president of the public establishment responsible for the conservation and restoration of Notre-Dame. And who therefore supervises its reconstruction.
No reason to reconsider the reconstruction of Notre Dame
“At no time was the frame space in contact with the fire,” he continues. I don't see how these people can assert so authoritatively that the cathedral did not burn down because the frame was concrete. "
For Jean-Louis Georgelin, there is no need to reconsider the choices made for the reconstructions of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral. Its frame will be well rebuilt in wood because "there are processes and methods in construction, in the way things are compartmentalized, so that the risk of fire is taken into account", he added. France Info.
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