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Did a COMPUTER GLITCH devastate Notre Dame? French cathedrals rector says maybe

The fire that destroyed the roof of Notre Dame in Paris may have been made worse by a computer glitc..

      The fire that destroyed the roof of Notre Dame in Paris may have been made worse by a computer glitch, the cathedrals rector said. Officials are also warning about scams as grifters seek to exploit fundraisers for its renovation.      

The fire that destroyed the roof of Notre Dame in Paris may have been made worse by a computer glitch, the cathedrals rector said. Officials are also warning about scams as grifters seek to exploit fundraisers for its renovation.

Fire broke out at Notre Dame on Monday, and rapidly spread along the wooden roof frame, severely damaging the Gothic jewel. It is possible the fire was able to spread so quickly because of a “computer glitch” with the alarm system, rector Patrick Chauvet said on Friday.

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Chauvet did not specify the nature of the glitch. The fire alarm went off at 6pm local time, but registered the blaze in the wrong place, the newspaper Le Parisien reported. Police investigators suspect an electrical short circuit was behind the fire.

“We may find out what happened in two or three months,” Chauvet said.

Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit told the newspaper Le Figaro that the “extraordinary generosity” from around the world following the fire will allow the Catholic Church to consider the cathedrals “certain resurrection.”

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The outpouring of support for repairing Notre Dame has also been exploited by grifters, however – the Patrimony Foundation (Fondation du Patrimoine) has warned of numerous scams seeking to siphon off donations, including a fraudulent website impersonating their own, but hosted at weebly.com.

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