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Fire damages Walton County church

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Posted 10:58AM on Sunday 25th August 2002 ( 22 years ago )
MONROE - Investigators are looking into a fire at a fundamentalist Baptist church in Walton County. <br> <br> The blaze at First Congressional Holiness church started about 11 p.m. Saturday night, said Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine. Nobody was in the church and there were no injuries. <br> <br> He said there is no concrete evidence yet to indicate that the fire was an arson. <br> <br> ``I have my arson investigators and fire investigators on the scene. We don&#39;t see any evidence of arson, but it&#39;s still early in the investigation,&#39;&#39; he said. <br> <br> Monroe is about 40 miles east of Atlanta. <br> <br> The fire, which started in the church&#39;s attic, caused a moderate amount of damage but was quickly contained, Oxendine said. <br> <br> The church planned to go ahead with services Sunday. <br> <br> The state has a telephone line set up to report information about arsons with a potential reward up to $10,000.

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