Apparent church arson is third suspicious blaze this week

DIAL - State officials said Tuesday that a fire at a small Baptist church on a dirt road in Fannin County appears to have been arson. <br> <br> Tilley Baptist Church was vandalized and set ablaze sometime between Sunday services and Tuesday when the damage was discovered and reported to police. <br> <br> John Oxendine, state insurance commissioner, says &#34;this one looks extremely suspicious.&#34; <br> <br> Tilley was the third church in Georgia to catch fire since Sunday. St. Luke&#39;s Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Lilly burned down Monday morning, and First Congregational Holiness Church in Walton County suffered a small electrical blaze the day before.

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