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St. Louis Church Fire Goes to 4 Alarms

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FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND 1 PM ON CHRISTMAS DAY at a St. Louis, Missouri, church that rapidly escalated to four alarms.  The 75-yr.-old New Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church was unoccupied at the time, but it was discovered just an hour after services had finished.

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When the FD arrived the building was already untenable and outside operations were set up.  A total of 20 units and 80 FF’s had the fire under control in 90 minutes, but Fire Dept. officials say that it appears to be a total loss.  No other information has been released yet.

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Posted by on December 25, 2009 • Filed under: Fires • Tagged: , ,
  • frothie51

    Sad for this to happen on the holidays.

    It's been my experience that most churches live in a state of extreme complacency. They don't' believe anything will ever go wrong and some aren't even up to local fire codes/compliance.

  • frothie51

    Sad for this to happen on the holidays.

    It's been my experience that most churches live in a state of extreme complacency. They don't' believe anything will ever go wrong and some aren't even up to local fire codes/compliance.

  • frothie51

    Sad for this to happen on the holidays.

    It's been my experience that most churches live in a state of extreme complacency. They don't' believe anything will ever go wrong and some aren't even up to local fire codes/compliance.

  • frothie51

    Sad for this to happen on the holidays.

    It's been my experience that most churches live in a state of extreme complacency. They don't' believe anything will ever go wrong and some aren't even up to local fire codes/compliance.