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Originally Posted by Alan A
anyone care to speculate how it started?
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In a open atmosphere where excess local heat can go anywhere and any liquid ignition would safely drop hundreds of feet or evaporate safely.
[No easy ignition sources unless extreme stupidity is involved]
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Originally Posted by Sooner or later
Construction
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Huge segments of marble, slate, lead, and some very thick wood beams.
[Not very flammable.]
The French government sits back and watches it burn....
Meanwhile ingenuity of fire brigades and helicopters cable of carrying extreme loads are available from nearby airports are noticeably absent.