New Delhi: The New York Police Department tweet’s expressing caution after the tragic fire engulfed the Notre Dame Cathedral in the Paris, landed the department in trouble at the micro-blogging website, as a number of users from across the world bashed it mercilessly.


The NYPD was trolled after its counter-terrorism bureau posted about “closely monitoring” the fire at the Notre Dame, and about how they assess the event “ may or may not impact the New York City”.

"We are closely monitoring the fire at the #NotreDame Cathedral in Paris, France... As our followers know, we tweet immediately about most large scale international events to inform you, as we assess how they may or may not impact NYC," NYPD's Counter terrorism Bureau tweeted on Monday.

Angry social media questioned the NYPD about how would the fire in any case spread to New York?

One of the users asked: "what is the risk of it spreading to the US."

"How does Game of Thrones season 8 impact NYC? Thank you in advance, I'll take my answer off the air," tweeted another user.




Here is how the netizens reacted to the tweeet: