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Removal of Notre Dame’s melted scaffold to begin in weeks

Notre Dame cathedral is pictured Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, in Paris. French Culture Minister Fran ...
Notre Dame cathedral is pictured Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, in Paris. French Culture Minister Franck Riester said the melted, twisted scaffolding atop Notre Dame Cathedral will be removed "in coming weeks" to allow restoration work to begin. It's been six months since fire gutted the medieval structure, which was under renovation at the time and crisscrossed with scaffolding where the spire once stood. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
People walk by Notre Dame cathedral Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 in Paris. French Culture Minister Fr ...
People walk by Notre Dame cathedral Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 in Paris. French Culture Minister Franck Riester said the melted, twisted scaffolding atop Notre Dame Cathedral will be removed "in coming weeks" to allow restoration work to begin. It's been six months since fire gutted the medieval structure, which was under renovation at the time and crisscrossed with scaffolding where the spire once stood. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Notre Dame cathedral is pictured Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 in Paris. French Culture Minister Franc ...
Notre Dame cathedral is pictured Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 in Paris. French Culture Minister Franck Riester said the melted, twisted scaffolding atop Notre Dame Cathedral will be removed "in coming weeks" to allow restoration work to begin. It's been six months since fire gutted the medieval structure, which was under renovation at the time and crisscrossed with scaffolding where the spire once stood. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Notre Dame cathedral is pictured Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 in Paris. French Culture Minister Franc ...
Notre Dame cathedral is pictured Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 in Paris. French Culture Minister Franck Riester said the melted, twisted scaffolding atop Notre Dame Cathedral will be removed "in coming weeks" to allow restoration work to begin. It's been six months since fire gutted the medieval structure, which was under renovation at the time and crisscrossed with scaffolding where the spire once stood. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
French Culture Minister Franck Riester speaks six months after a fire broke at the Notre Dame c ...
French Culture Minister Franck Riester speaks six months after a fire broke at the Notre Dame cathedral, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 in Paris. Franck Riester says the melted, twisted scaffolding atop Notre Dame Cathedral will be removed "in coming weeks" to allow restoration work to begin. It's been six months since fire gutted the medieval structure, which was under renovation at the time and crisscrossed with scaffolding where the spire once stood.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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October 15, 2019 - 3:30 am
 

PARIS — France’s culture minister says the melted, twisted scaffolding atop Notre Dame Cathedral will be removed “in the coming weeks” to allow restoration work to begin.

It’s been six months since an April 15 fire gutted the medieval structure, which was under renovation at the time and crisscrossed with scaffolding where the spire once stood.

Culture Minister Franck Riester on Tuesday offered an update on the effort to restore the ravaged cathedral. He said conservation work would take several more months, along with parallel work to evaluate the building’s soundness.

Riester denied that the French government had been slow to recognize the potential harmful effects of the lead that melted from the cathedral’s roof. He said health officials were taking regular samples from areas around Notre Dame to check for lead.

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