A huge fire on New Year gutted a 19th century church in Amsterdam even as Netherlands faced an "unprecedented" violence on Wednesday.

Amsterdam: Fire Rips Historic Church on New Year as Netherlands Sees ‘Unprecedented Violence’ 

At least 41 people have been killed and dozens injured in Egypt after a Sunday mass turned fatal when a fire broke out at Cairo's Abu Sufian. Charge reports say the deceased included mostly children who could not be saved after fire ripped through a Coptic Christian church.

Egypt: Fire at a Cairo church kills at least 41, injures 14

Federal police said Monday that they were investigating "suspicious" fires that destroyed two Catholic churches built around 1910 in indigenous communities in western Canada.

'Suspicious fires': Two century-old churches go up in flames in Canada indigenous communities

A man was brought in by French investigators regarding the cathedral fire in Nantes a day ago. The man works in the cathedral. Also read: Fire damages cathedral in French city of Nantes The man "was responsible for locking up the cathedral on Friday evening and investigators wanted to clarify elements of the schedule of this person", prosecutor Pierre Sennes told AFP.

'To clarify elements': Investigators question a man over cathedral fire in Nantes

French cathedral catches fire in Nantes; contained within hours

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Amsterdam: Fire Rips Historic Church on New Year as Netherlands Sees ‘Unprecedented Violence’

Egypt: Fire at a Cairo church kills at least 41, injures 14

'Suspicious fires': Two century-old churches go up in flames in Canada indigenous communities

'To clarify elements': Investigators question a man over cathedral fire in Nantes

French cathedral catches fire in Nantes; contained within hours