{"id":4618,"date":"2013-07-10T13:15:45","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T20:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=4618"},"modified":"2013-07-10T13:15:45","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T20:15:45","slug":"hotel-lambert-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2013\/07\/10\/hotel-lambert-on-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Hotel Lambert On Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

from The West Australian<\/p>\n

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Fire damages landmark Paris mansion<\/h1>\n

By Marion Thibaut, AFP<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/center>A fire has damaged the landmark 17th-century Hotel Lambert in Paris.<\/p>\n

The Hotel Lambert mansion in central Paris, a 17th-century architectural jewel with a rich history, was damaged in a major fire on Wednesday amid controversial renovations following its purchase by the Qatari royal family.<\/p>\n

Dozens of firefighters fought the blaze for about six hours after it broke out around 2330 GMT on Tuesday (0930 AEST Wednesday) at the Lambert, a private townhouse, on Ile Saint-Louis overlooking the Seine.<\/p>\n

Firefighters said the blaze started on the roof of the building, which was bought by Qatar’s royal family from the Rothschild banking dynasty for some 60 million euros ($A93.16 million) in 2007.<\/p>\n

The fire “spread pretty fast because the building is empty and in the midst of renovation”, fire service Lieutenant-Colonel Pascal Le Testu told AFP. “The operation was complicated because the structure is fragile.”<\/p>\n

Heritage experts had arrived at the mansion on Wednesday morning to check its contents but were unable to go inside due to safety concerns.<\/p>\n

But Le Testu said the damage appeared to be extensive.<\/p>\n

“The roof was completely devastated and the structure is weakened because a staircase and pediment over the central portion have partially collapsed,” he said.<\/p>\n

He said the building’s famed frescoes by Charles Le Brun in the `Gallery of Hercules’ were also “severely damaged by smoke and water”.<\/p>\n

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