1,484
edits
Changes
m
fixing reference
On May 9, 2016, the ''New York Post'' reported that the Fire Department of New York had served a subpoena to Twitter to a user who seemed to be rejoicing in the destruction of the Cathedral - roughly an hour before the fire department was called. Google also deemed the cathedral "permanently closed" approximately an hour after the fire department arrived on the scene, causing people who were using Google to find the website of St. Sava Cathedral to receive the message that their website may have been hacked.
[[Irinej (Gavrilović) of Serbia|Patriarch Irinej]] of the Serbian Orthodox Church confirmed that he was receiving information from the Serbian Embassy in New York as to information about the fire. The Serbian Embassy in Washington has requested through the United States State Department that all findings of the Fire Department of New York be available for review by the consulate. Patriarch Irinej has also stated that he would like the American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to take over the investigation of the fire, since, despite the speculation about candles, no FDNY investigator had come to inspect the site of the blaze in the first eight days. According to reports, the first site investigators may not arrive until at least two weeks after the fire. An update posted to the St. Sava Cathedral webpage dated [[May 24]] indicated that at that time, the onsite investigation was underway<ref name="invupdate">[http://stsavanyc.org/press-release-serbian-orthodox-cathedral-of-saint-sava-executive-board-update/ Press Release: Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava Executive Board Update]</ref>. A later bulletin from the Cathedral indicates that the investigation was completed on [[June 8]], and that the report will be released in the weeks to come<ref name="report">[http://stsavanyc.org/saint-savas-sunday-bulletin-for-june-12-2016/ St. Sava Sunday Bulletin for June 12, 2016]</ref>. However, the ''New York Post'' reported on [[June 3]] that the NYFD spokesperson Frank Gribbon announced that unextinguished candles were the definitive cause of the fire<ref name="nypostdetermination">[http://stsavanycnypost.orgcom/saint-savas2016/06/03/tragic-sundaycathedral-bulletinfire-forsparked-juneby-12easter-2016candles/ Tragic Cathedral Fire Sparked by Easter Candles] Cohen, Shawn, and Chris Perez; ''New York Post''; June 3, 2016]</ref>.
An icon of [[Sava of Serbia|St. Sava]], located in the priest's office, was one of the very few items in the building not to be damaged or destroyed by fire, smoke, or water.