Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON : ‘Suspicious’ Fire Burns Black Church
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A small, predominantly black church in rural Pierce County south of Seattle was damaged in what authorities called a “suspicious” fire. The fire caused at least $80,000 worth of damage to the Pleasant Hills Missionary Baptist Church, which has a congregation of about 20 members, Curt Benson of the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said. Nationwide, there have been more than 36 suspicious fires, many at black churches in the South, in the past 18 months.
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