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June 16, 2008

Update: Electric cross sparks fire that damages church

Journal photo/ Kathy Borchers
Plywood boards cover windows and doors of the Celestial Church of Christ, at 628 Dyer Ave., Cranston, today after a fire ignited by an electric cross Sunday damaged the building.

The inside of a Cranston church was destroyed after a late Sunday afternoon fire that was ignited by an electric cross.

Cranston fire Chief James Gumbley said the call came in at about 4:15 p.m. When fire crews arrived at the Celestial Church of Christ, at 628 Dyer Ave., they found an unoccupied building and heavy fire, he said.

The blaze was under control in about 10 minutes, Gumbley said, but firefighters were on the scene for about an hour. The contents and furnishings were destroyed, Gumbley said, but the building itself wasn’t lost and no one was hurt.

The state Fire Marshal joined the investigation, and the fire was determined to have been caused by a cross that was plugged into the wall. It overheated, sparking the fire.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

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