New Bride Missionary Baptist Church burns Wednesday
CALEB PEREZ | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 3 months AGO
Firefighters work to douse any remaining embers in the fire at the The New Bride Missionary Baptist church. The building and a car parked nearby were both destroyed in a fire Wednesday evening.
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MOSES LAKE – Local authorities were notified that the New Bride Missionary Baptist church was on fire late Wednesday afternoon. An officer from the Grant County Sheriff’s Office who was on the scene said the entire building was engulfed in flames by the time they had gotten onto the scene.
Both the church and a car parked next to the building were destroyed by the fire.
By around 6:30 p.m., authorities were still in the process of spraying down the building, but most of the fire had been extinguished. Responders on the scene were unable to provide any further details as the incident was still under investigation at the time of release.
More information on the fire will be provided as it becomes available.
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