Sunday, 19 July 2020

PHOTOS of burnt Nantes cathedral show fire started in SEVERAL places, as arson probe launched

18 July, 2020

Images showing the charred interior of the 15th-century cathedral in Nantes, France, appear

to point at three separate outbreaks of flames having damaged the Gothic gem on Saturday.

Arson is being investigated.

The diocese of Nantes released images on Facebook in the wake of the blaze. It completely

destroyed the grand organ at the Cathedral of St. Pierre and St. Paul, blew out the stained

glassed windows at the front of the building, and consumed a valuable 19th-century painting

that had been sent from Rome.

Locals quickly spotted that, judging by the photos, there had been two separate fires on the

ground floor, located meters away from each other. The third apparently broke out on the

upper level.

Nantes Prosecutor Pierre Sennes confirmed there had been three fire hotspots in the building

and announced that “an arson investigation has been opened.”

More than 100 firefighters were dispatched to tackle the blaze, which has since been

extinguished. The fire started at the Gothic cathedral in the early morning.

The incident prompted comparisons to the fire in April 2019 at the famous Notre-Dame de

Paris.

The iconic building lost its roof and spire in what was a much bigger blaze, but the investigation

failed to find any foul play, with an electrical short circuit named as the most likely cause.

Meanwhile, there has been a spate of arson directed at

(mostly) Catholic churches in the United States with statues of

Jesus and of Mary decapitated.

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