Overview

• The Scientific Police have finished on-site sampling and inspections and are finalizing a technical report that officials say could reach Investigative Court No. 8 in Córdoba this week.
• The Judicial Police now lead the probe, with the court awaiting the police file to decide whether to open proceedings and assess any responsibility.
• Emergency crews continue stabilization and salvage under the monument’s plan, with firefighters having removed a large tapestry and restorers cataloging more than 200 fragments for reassembly.
• Damage was concentrated in the eastern sector: the vault of the Capilla de la Asunción collapsed, nearby chapels sustained smoke effects, and a column and capital required shoring.
• The working hypothesis points to an electrical short in a sweeper stored by the Puerta de San Nicolás that ignited a curtain, a storage practice the Cabildo had already recognized as risky and moved to replace with off-site facilities.