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"Granger Church Fire Ruled Arson"
Granger, IN
Posted: 3:56 PM Feb 13, 2007
Last Updated: 6:43 PM Feb 13, 2007
Granger Church Fire Ruled Arson
A weekend fire at a Granger church was apparently no accident.
Investigators say a fire at Northpointe Bible Church on State Road 23, near Adams was deliberately set.
The fire damage was discovered Sunday morning although it was not extensive enough to cancel services last weekend.
The fire apparently went out by itself and the fire department was not called to respond.
Any attempt to burn a church is taken very seriously.
Crimestoppers is offering a reward for information leading to an arrest or conviction in the case.
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http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/559831.html
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA | Sunday February 18, 2007
"Burned church doesn’t deter C.B. congregation"
By JOCELYN BETHUNE
GABARUS LAKE —
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The one thing that we are going to realize when we get into the service is that the church is still intact," he said Saturday. "We often think of the building as the church, but it’s really the people."
Churches from Louisbourg and Sydney have donated or loaned items such as the pulpit and a communion table, Mrs. MacLeod said. The items once belonged to the former Wesley United Church before its congregation and that of Zion United in Gabarus Lake amalgamated about 15 years ago, she said."
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Investigators were on the scene early last week but have been unable to determine what caused the fire, he said, but another team from Halifax will sift through the rubble this week.
"The fire burned so completely that there really is nothing left but fine ash," he said.
Other buildings, including a church hall, a seniors hall and a store in the area, have been destroyed by fire recently, he said.
"We’re hoping it was an electrical fire rather than arson," Mr. Hussey said.
The blaze broke out early last Saturday morning. The building was engulfed in flames by the time firefighters arrived, and they were unable to save the church or the antiques inside."
( jbethune@herald.ca)