Opera chief dies in house fire
NewsLocal newspapers report the death of Serge Gaymard in a fire in his house on rue Jacquart in Reims.
Gaymard, 68, was director of the Opéra de Reims from 2000 until last year.
Staff at the Opéra are in total shock at the tragic event.
Investigators say the likely cause of the fire was smoking in bed.
Life imitates art.
Was he listening to Götterdämmerung or Immolation Scene when the fire started?
Absolutely inappropriate comment.
Mes pensées vont aux amis et à la famille de M. Gaymard. Repose en paix.
That was completely unnecessary.
That’s tragic, but smoking in bed is definitely not advisable.
If I remember correctly, there was a huge fire in the 1980s in San Diego caused by someone smoking in bed. 35 houses burned down and multiple deaths. After that, California banned cedar shake shingle roofs, because they made the fire spread so rapidly.