Orlando Bahai Center goes up in flames
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- Category: Buildings
- Created: Sunday, 01 November 2009 01:51
- Published: Sunday, 01 November 2009 01:36
- Written by Jeff Kunerth and Bianca Prieto, Orlando Sentinel
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Arson investigators were looking Tuesday into two fires in three days that destroyed the Orlando Bahá'í Center in Orlando.
The first fire in the one-story wood building on Hillcrest Street was reported at 4:48 a.m. Sunday. When the Orlando Fire Department responded to the second blaze at 12:55 a.m. Tuesday, flames were shooting through the roof.
"It is unusual for something like that to happen, especially this much down time between the two," said Orlando Fire Department Commander Vicki Robles.
{josquote}It could be a good thing, you never know what Gods plan is.{/josquote}A spokesperson for the Bahá'í Center said the fires are baffling to the members, who number about 300 in the metropolitan Orlando area. Prior to the fires, there had been no threats, vandalism, or break-ins at the center, said Kelsey Vargas, secretary for the center's governing assembly.
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