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Nantes fire: investigators hard at work

2020-07-21T09:35:38.903Z


The causes of the tragedy are uncertain even if the trail of an electrical incident is taken seriously.Three days after the fire at the Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul cathedral in Nantes, police and justice are not ruling out any leads. No more arson, or linked to human negligence, than a failure of the electrical installation. The investigators proceed by closing the doors one after the other. Sunday evening, they released a volunteer from the diocese, heard at length in police custody. This very piou...


Three days after the fire at the Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul cathedral in Nantes, police and justice are not ruling out any leads. No more arson, or linked to human negligence, than a failure of the electrical installation. The investigators proceed by closing the doors one after the other. Sunday evening, they released a volunteer from the diocese, heard at length in police custody. This very pious Rwandan, in whom the rector of the cathedral claimed to have " all confidence“, Is not involved in the case, according to the public prosecutor of Nantes, Pierre Sennès. He was in charge of closing the cathedral on Friday night and investigators wanted to clarify his schedule. The only certainty is that no sign of break-in has yet been observed inside the building. No more than traces of incendiary products.

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Source: lefigaro

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