Workers smoked at Notre-Dame cathedral, admits contractor 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PressePARIS –Workers renovating Notre-Dame flouted a ban on smoking at the monument, a contractor admitted on Wednesday, while denying any link with last week’s devastating blaze that ripped through the cathedral. Notre-Dame’s now mostly-destroyed roof was made of wood and included some of the original beams erected in the 12th century. But given the height of the structure, and the time it took to come down from the building site, some workers ignored the rules, Eskenazi explained. Firefighters and engineering experts have been working to erect scaffolding and other wooden supports to save the structure’s stonework from collapse.

Source: Manila Bulletin April 24, 2019 10:18 UTC