The state's top fire investigator said Thursday that they’ve discovered several “patterns” at the three crime scenes.
LAFAYETTE, La. – Fires that destroyed three predominantly black Baptist churches in St. Landry Parish in the last 10 days are "suspicious," the state's top fire investigator said Thursday, adding that they’ve discovered several “patterns” at the three crime scenes.
The third St. Landry Parish church fire in 10 days erupted early Thursday at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church south of Opelousas. “My church has a lot of history,” he said. “I don’t understand it. What could make a person do that to a church?” In addition to the State Fire Marshal, the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office and the St. Landry Fire District 3, the Opelousas Police Department, the Louisiana Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the FBI also are investigating the fires.
“Having a string of fires like you’ve experienced down there in such a short period of time, I would say its safe to say that’s unusual,” Harrington said. “It certainly seems appropriate that they’ve been deemed suspicious.”
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