French authorities are launching an investigation into possible arson after the famed St. Peter and St. Paul cathedral in Nantes,
France, caught
fire Saturday.Pierre Sennes, the Nantes public prosecutor, said a criminal motive is suspected because the fire had three different starting points throughout the cathedral. "It's not a coincidence," he said. "It's even a signature."The fire has been contained and does not appear to have inflicted severe, widespread damage, unlike last year's devastating fire at the Notre Dame cathedral in
Paris, which was not set deliberately. But the organ was reportedly completely destroyed and the platform on which it rests is "very unstable and risks collapsing."The construction of St. Peter and St. Paul began in the 15th century, but was not completed until four centuries later. Read more at The
Washington Post and
BBC.