French Officials Investigate Arson After Fire Burns Through Nantes Cathedral

PARIS—French authorities opened an investigation into arson after a hearth broke out Saturday in a cathedral within the western metropolis of Nantes.

The hearth broken valuable artifacts within the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul and destroyed a part of the cathedral’s stained glass window. Images of black smoke billowing out of the 15th-century facade instantly prompted comparisons to the fireplace that engulfed Notre Dame cathedral in Paris final yr.

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