Church the Victim of Two Fires in One Day

Country: Belgium

Date of incident: May 24, 2016


In Mont-Sainte-Geneviève, two fires significantly damaged an historic church. The first started in the sacristy. The fire fighters had just left the scene after managing to control that fire when another much bigger fire in the church roof was reported.

The police from Hainut, 37 miles southeast of Brussels, launched a criminal investigation. Source: DH.be