Investigators probe Notre-Dame inferno as donations pour inBy The Manila TimesPARIS: French investigators interviewed construction workers involved in renovation work at the Notre-Dame cathedral on Tuesday as they sought to identify the source of a devastating blaze at the monument that has sent shockwaves through France and the world. I described it this way: It was total chaos, but we can’t let it knock us down,” said Philippe Marsset, the vicar general of Notre-Dame. “Nothing indicates this was a voluntary act,” Heitz told reporters, adding that 50 investigators had been assigned to the case. “We have everything to be able to rebuild it in exactly the same way,” Culture Minister Franck Riester told France Inter, adding that the government was looking at ways to encourage donations. German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Notre-Dame cathedral a “symbol of European culture” as the blaze raged.

Source: Manila Times April 16, 2019 10:41 UTC