The investigation of the fire that partially ravaged the Notre-Dame cathedral of Paris Monday was opened the head of "involuntary destruction by fire", said the evening the parquet floor of Paris. The trail of an accidental fire departure from the current construction site on the roof of the cathedral "holds the attention of investigators in the state of investigation," said a source close to the file. The investigation was entrusted to the Regional Directorate of Judicial Police (DPRJ).
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From the night of Monday to Tuesday, the investigators began to collect the testimonies of the people who worked on the site, indicated later the parquet floor of Paris. The fire, apparently of accidental origin, took in the attic of the building shortly before 19 hours. He seems to have left at the level of scaffolding installed on the roof of the building, in work for several months.
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