France: Fire Causes Significant Damage to 15th-Century Gothic Cathedral

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A fire broke out in the Gothic St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral, in Nantes, western France, one year after a devastating fire engulfed Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. It took two hours for a hundred firefighters to contain the fire at the Gothic masterpiece, which destroyed the baroque 1627 grand organ, stained glass windows, sculptures, and art. A Rwandan refugee, a volunteer who cleaned the church before it was locked down for the night, was interviewed but released on Sunday without charges. No trace of a break-in has been found. -GEG

Only one year after a devastating fire engulfed Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, the fire that broke out in the Gothic St Peter and St Paul Cathedral, in Nantes, western France, on Saturday morning has raised alarm bells about the security of France’s 150 cathedrals and 45,000 churches.

France’s new prime minister Jean Castex rushed to the scene with the home and religious affairs minister Gérald Darmanin and culture minister Roselyne Bachelot, while images of the church’s interior darkened by smoke appeared on television news.

It took two hours for a hundred firefighters to contain the fire, which destroyed the baroque 1627 grand organ and a smaller 19th-century choir organ, as well as sculptures and a 19th-painting sent by Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin from the French Academy in Rome. An arson investigation was opened after firemen spotted three fire starting points. But today, a source close to the investigation said the fire may have started in an old electrical cabinet beneath the grand organ (a device that is no longer authorised in public places) and may have spread to the other organs via electrical circuits.

A Rwandan refugee, a volunteer who cleaned the church before it was locked down for the night, was interviewed but released on Sunday without charge. No trace of a break-in has been found.

Critics have underscored the the lack of care and funding from the state as well as the cities in which religious buildings are located. Nantes cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1972 and was rebuilt over more than a decade. Another 19th-century church had its roof destroyed in the city in 2015. And, in the capital, Saint Sulpice church, which is the temporary cathedral of Paris now, was also damaged by a fire last year.

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