Yesterday's fire at the Sagrada Família has not affected much the visitors area

Yesterday morning a man sneaked into the sacristy of the crypt of the Sagrada Família church (the little room where the priests keep their robes and other religious materials), tryied to steel some objects and set the robes in fire. The perpetrator was caught when he was still inside, and the firemen managed to stop the fire from spreading into the rest of the crypt although the sacristy was totally burnt up.

It looks like no Gaudí's original designs have been damaged by the fire, although the effect of the fire and the smoke has still to be evaluated.
Because of this emergency, over 1500 visitors were evacuated last morning (I had a day-off yesterday, so my tours weren't affected), but in the late afternoon the church was reopened to the public.

This morning I was there with the Wrubel, a lovely family from Connecticut, and we were allowed to tour as usual. Only the apse alley that goes around the altar was closed, as there are windows overlooking the crypt there (I could see them all black from the smoke). Also a smoked scent could be flared in the main nave. As for the museum, where one of the rooms also has a few windows giving to the crypt, the visit was also as usual, except for the end of the mentioned room, where a safety cordon prevented visitors from approaching the blackened windows. The rest of the room, where recently have been moved mr. Berenguer's beautiful drawings of the church finished project, was perfectly accessible.

I hope the crypt won't have been too affected by the smoke: it is the place where Sunday masses and other normal services are hold (only special events are being celebrated in the main nave so far), and it had just been restored a couple of years ago.