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Thursday, April 18, 2019
French police: Short-circuit likely caused Notre Dame fire
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleParis police investigators think an electrical short-circuit most likely caused the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, French police officials say.
A French judicial police official tells The Associated Press that investigators made an initial assessment of the cathedral Wednesday but don’t have a green light to search Notre Dame’s charred interior because of ongoing safety hazards.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak by name about an ongoing investigation, says the cathedral’s fragile walls were being shored up with wooden planks.
— AP
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