Le Bazar de la Charité (The Bonfire of Destiny) begins with the depiction of a true event, the fire at the Bazar de la Charité in Paris, 4 May 1897, in which 126 people died.
It was for a good cause, after all. At the entrance to the bazaar was another draw—a cinematograph playing short films. It ran on ether and oxygen. Within twenty minutes of the bazaar's opening for the night, a match lit to illuminate the cinematograph ignited the ether and oxygen.
This is a fictional tale set in the aftermath of a genuine event of 1897 when there was a huge and terrible fire at a charity event in Paris which claimed the lives of 125 people, most of whom were aristocratic ladies.
On the afternoon of 4 May, the projectionist's equipment caught fire, and 126 people — mostly aristocratic women wearing unpractical and highly inflammable corsets and crinoline — died as a result of the following blaze and the panic of the crowd in attendance.
This photograph shows the destroyed buildings left in the wake of the Paris Great Fire of September 12, 1900. The fire began at the Roller Mills and ultimately spread across a good portion of the town, causing a large amount of damage and destroying many buildings.
From late 1986 to early 1987, mass student protests and strikes across France from erupted after the government attempted to sign the Devaquet bill into law. Riots and looting occurred throughout the city of Paris but spread to 3 other cities.
The filmmakers of The Bonfire of Destiny use the dramatic backdrop of the Bazar de la Charité fire to tell a story of three women: Alice de Jeansin (Camille Lou), whose father is responsible for the installation of the movie projector in the bazaar; her aunt Adrienne de Lenverpré (Audrey Fleurot), and Alice's maid Rose ...
28 January – Construction of foundation of the Eiffel Tower starts in Paris. On 1 July, work on the iron superstructure begins. 11 January – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the French Academy of Medicine by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
This is a fictional tale set in the aftermath of a genuine event of 1897 when there was a huge and terrible fire at a charity event in Paris which claimed the lives of 125 people, most of whom were aristocratic ladies.
In the chaos, Julien leaves Alice behind and pushes Rose into the flames. He gets out. Alice witnesses the whole thing. Victor, who had been outside, decides to be an absolute hero and begins bashing in through the wall of the warehouse, trying to make a hole to get the rest of them out.
The show was filmed at various locations within France, some of which can be visited. The historical site of the Bazar de la Charité, where the fire occurred in 1897, was on rue Jean-Goujon in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. A chapel now sits at this location.
The 2019 fire in Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral destroyed the Gothic structure's wooden roof and toppled its iconic spire. But the disaster comes with a small silver lining: Due to the fire—and the ongoing restoration process—researchers are getting an unprecedented look at the cathedral's inner workings.
What happened: A massive blaze at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church. The fire is now out, but the cathedral's iconic spire fell during the hours it took to battle the blaze.
Little does she know that against all odds, Rose has survived and been taken out of the hospital by Thomas' grandmother, Mrs. Huchon. Adrienne, waiting in hiding for her husband to bring their daughter back for her funeral, makes her first mistake.
Our second heroine is Alice de Jeansin (a stellar Camille Lou), Mathilde's daughter, whose life also takes a drastic turn after the fire. She barely escapes, surviving only due to the protection of her friend and maid Rose (Julie de Bona) and a daring last minute rescue by Victor Minville (Victor Meutelet).
Paris is a city of many historical landmarks, events, and milestones, among them filmmaking. On December 28, 1895, French brothers Louis and Auguste Lumiere, ranked among the very first movie-makers, screened the first commercial films in history and charged admission for the first time.
During the early hours of 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, died from injuries sustained earlier that night in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris, France. Diana's partner, Dodi Fayed, and the driver of the Mercedes-Benz W140, Henri Paul, were found dead inside the car.
On 2 December 2023, a French man of Iranian origin carried out a knife and hammer attack against three people near Pont de Bir-Hakeim in Paris, France, killing one of them.
The Great Fire of London is one of the most well-known disasters in London's history. It began on 2 September 1666 and lasted just under five days. One-third of London was destroyed and about 100,000 people were made homeless. The fire started at 1am on Sunday morning in Thomas Farriner's bakery on Pudding Lane.
The blaze on April 15, 2019, exposed iron staples used to hold the cathedral's stone blocks together. Some appeared in the frame of the building, others fell smoldering to the ground in the heat of the blaze.
There were many separate fires still burning, but the Great Fire was over. It took some time until the last traces were put out: coal was still burning in cellars two months later.
