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Saturday Morning Electrical Fire Damages Flint Church

Posted/updated on: November 17, 2014 at 10:56 am
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church_fireFLINT — Several Smith County fire crews were needed Saturday morning to put out a fire at a Flint church. KETK reports the flames started just before 7:30 a.m. at New Creation Baptist Church in the 1500 block of Farm Road 346. Krissi Perryman, whose husband Doyle Perryman is the pastor, had arrived around 7:20 to prepare for a garage sale fundraiser for the church. When she arrived she noticed steam coming from the roof of the fellowship hall/Sunday school building, but thought it was due to the cold temperatures. She entered the building and found a fire in the attic that had burned through the ceiling.

Crews arrived on scene and were able to contain the blaze before it consumed the entire church. The fire was brought under control within 23 minutes, at 7:47 a.m. Units remained on scene until 8:57 a.m. removing damaged items from the building, assessing for fire spread, and ensuring that all embers were extinguished. Investigation found that the flames were started by an electrical short in the attic. Flint-Gresham VFD, Bullard VFD, and Whitehouse VFD responded as well as a unit from the City of Whitehouse Fire Department, an ambulance from East Texas Medical Center EMS, and a unit from the Smith County Fire Marshal’s Office.



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