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Really makes you wonder if England invested in halon fire suppression for ely cathedral, like a solid 70% of the roof structure is intricately decorated wood.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ely_Cathedral_by_night_-_Looking_down_the_nave.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ely_Cathedral_by_night-_transept_roof.jpg#mw-jump-to-license
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ely_Cathedral_interior_2024-03-15_-_17.jpg#mw-jump-to-license
All wood including the fan vaulting and the entire transcept octagon which btw is walkable and has hidden doors that originally hid a choir that would appear from seemingly nowhere.