The 2019 Notre Dame Fire meme emerged shortly after the devastating structural fire that broke out beneath the roof of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in April 2019. While the event was a global tragedy, the internet quickly turned the striking imagery into a versatile template for social commentary and dark humor. The meme often highlights the irony of massive billionaire donations appearing overnight for a building while humanitarian crises remain underfunded. Visually, the towering flames are frequently labeled to represent a situation or plan going horribly wrong, often used in a similar vein to the 'This Is Fine' dog to illustrate inevitable destruction or chaos.