The fire in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, localized, according to "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" with reference to the head of the firefighting and rescue service of the Department of the Loire-Atlantique Laurent Verl.
It is reported that most affected the Church organ. It is in the room with him, according to preliminary data, there was a fire. According to Verl, body completely destroyed.
In extinguishing the fire was attended by 104 representatives of emergency services were involved in 45 units.
The message about the fire in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul arrived at 07:30 a.m. local time. It is the largest Gothic Church in the old Brittany. It is only six meters lower than the Eiffel tower. The Church was founded in 1434 and was built before 1891.
