Suspicious fires consume 3 black churches in 10 days in a Louisiana parish

Source: CNN

Suspicious fires consume 3 black churches in 10 days in a Louisiana parish
Posted: 4:27 PM, Apr 06, 2019 Updated: 1 hour ago
By: CNN Newsource

For three historically black churches in the heart of south central Louisiana's Cajun and Creole country, Sunday services will not be the same.

The churches in rural St. Landry Parish -- about 30 miles north of Lafayette -- have burned since March 26 in what officials have described as "suspicious circumstances."

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In one parish, three churches burn in 10 days
The first fire occurred March 26 at St. Mary Baptist Church in Port Barre. Greater Union burned on Tuesday and Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, also in Opelousas, suffered a fire on Thursday.

"We believe these three fires are suspicious," Browning said. "We are falling short of talking about what caused the fires, falling short of saying they are related, however cognizant that there is a problem and no coincidence that there are three fires."



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