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00:00 These images spread around the world,
00:02 showing one of France's most iconic landmarks in flames,
00:06 while Parisians watched in shock.
00:10 Five years on, investigators are still unsure
00:13 how the fire was able to spread throughout the building,
00:16 almost reducing it to ashes.
00:20 Experts have begun to analyze every recovered object
00:23 a second time.
00:26 "New analysis can be done with new procedures,
00:29 because science is constantly evolving,
00:32 and maybe new techniques can bring new results."
00:37 Investigators took hundreds of samples
00:39 from thousands of square meters of rubble.
00:42 They quickly eliminated criminal activity
00:44 as the fire's origin.
00:47 The 15 workers who were restoring the spire
00:50 were questioned for three days.
00:52 Originally suspected of improperly discarding
00:55 lit cigarettes, this cause was ruled out.
00:58 Nonetheless, the fire started
01:00 where the restoration work was located,
01:03 which was outfitted with temporary electricity supplies.
01:06 "Follow the electrical trail,
01:10 because we've discovered that in the towers of Notre-Dame,
01:12 for the bells and the spire,
01:14 there was a ton of electrical equipment,
01:16 something that was strictly forbidden
01:18 in this wooden structure from the Middle Ages."
01:22 Despite this hypothesis,
01:23 there is still no definitive answer
01:25 as to why the disaster happened.
01:28 The Notre-Dame Cathedral is expected
01:30 to reopen early this December.