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Sagrada Familia Fire: Spain's Popular Attraction Hit By Arsonists

by Kate Auletta Subscribe to Kate Auletta's postsPosted Apr 19th 2011 09:00 AM

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On Tuesday, a suspected arsonist set a fire inside Barcelona's Sagrada Famila, one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country.

Roughly 1,500 people were evacuated from the Basilica and four were treated for smoke inhalation, the Associated Press reports.


The 45-minute fire caused "significant" damage to the sacristy, where priests store their vestments prior to Mass.


An official said tourists saw smoke coming out from inside the sacristy and alerted authorities.


Police said the suspect was arrested with a lighter and pieces of fabric which might have been used to start the fire.


Gaudi's unfinished masterpiece was consecrated as a basilica by Pope Benedict XVI in November.





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Steve

NO TO THE O IN 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

April 19 2011 at 7:53 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
Steve

WIPE OUT THE *********** WORLD WIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THEY ARE ALL TERRORISTS, TERRORISM IS A CANCER, AND THEY ONLY WAY TO FIGHT CANCER IS TO IRRACATE IT. YOU DON'T LIVE WITH IT, YOU DON'T BARGIN WITH IT, YOU DON'T IGNORE IT, YOU GET RID OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!!1 WE NEED TO NUKE THEM OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH, THATS THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT. HEY WIMP AT 1600 ARE YOU LISTENING, O WAITE YOUR ONE OF THEM!!!!!!!!!!!! GET THE ********** OUT OF OFFICE IN 2012

April 19 2011 at 7:52 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
Steve

We're going to send them a ton of monet to help refurbish this church, But did they send us money to help with manhatten, or pentegon, Katrina, or Andrew, NO!!!!!! But the minute they need money for our help, they have their hands out. for our money, but the rest of the time they hate us!!!!! Then because we have a WIMP in the WHITE HOUSE, they see it as weakness. So we send them money, and AID. I SAY SCREW EM!!!!!!!!!! Terrorists most likely set the fire, so terrorests should pay for the rennovation. WE HAVE TO PAY TO FIX what those DAMN *********** did, without help from other countries. I say SCREW EM!!!!!!!!!!! Spain didn't step in and help us try to find the terrorests from9-11 But now they'll expect us to "HELP " them out SCREW EM!!!!!!!!!!! VOTE THE ********** OUT IN 2010!!!!!!!!!!!!!

April 19 2011 at 7:46 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
Steve

I'll Bet they all YELLED HOLY ****!!!!!! To bad there are ******** all over the world that would do things like that, I'll bet they were ***********, and I'll bet OUR towel headed Perz was dancing in the white house, cause, you know they don't believe in GOD.We should WIPE all the *********** off the face of the earth!!!!

April 19 2011 at 7:28 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
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April 19 2011 at 5:00 PM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
Jim

Muslims? Maybe Muslims such as Timothy McVeigh (no, youngsters, he was not a muslim). In Spain when there are terrorists acts Basque separatists are the first groups that come to mind. This seems a rather low-key arson. It could well be someone suffering from delusions; think of other art that has been attacked. Such as the man who attacked Michealangelo's Pieta with hammer shouting he was Christ.

April 19 2011 at 3:01 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
gdwr2

Chit happens

April 19 2011 at 1:35 PM Report abuse -5 rate up rate down Reply
Nick

I was there 10 years ago, one of the most beautiful and elaborately carved churches I have ever seen, each side being totallt different. Let me guess Muslims? Spain has Muslin terrorist everywhere.

April 19 2011 at 12:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rico Suave

tough ****. We'll be the first one there to give them money to fix it. How many times has Spain been here to help us when we need it? we need to drop the biggest bomb we have on the whole middle east. That would shut the ******* up!

April 19 2011 at 12:40 PM Report abuse -3 rate up rate down Reply
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pxamerican9

Hey, muslims. You are very sick people. We will overcome you.

April 19 2011 at 12:20 PM Report abuse +3 rate up rate down Reply

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