The French really need to call in Hillary to learn how to run a cover up.

Hi, engineer here. Covering up a fire by blaming an electrical short circuit would be literally the worst thing a government could do because it would take the power company literally two seconds to verify if there was or was not a power surge consistent with a short circuit just before the blaze.

Add to that, they literally admitted NO official has entered Notre Dame to confirm, and one has to wonder how stupid the authorities think the people are nowadays.

What? No. Read what I wrote again. Electrical surges are something you absolutely can confirm without ever entering the building.

No government would lie about an electrical surge. It would be discovered too easily.

Now hold on there, you engineer you, clearly the OP knows better because, um, uh, well, ah, YEAH!

Oh. Well when you put it like that...

The wisdom and keen observational skills that seeps through these hallowed halls of tha 'flip, we are not worthy...

There was a time-lapse camera in place. Investigators are examining the photos.