LSFD: 02/APR/2019 - Church arson in Great Chaparral

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Church arson in Great Chaparral

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Thursday, April 18th 2019 
LSFD Public Relations: Chloe MacKenzie

Engine 2 seen on the north side of the structure during the fire attack. 

GREAT CHAPARRAL - At 19:24: on Tuesday, April the 2nd 2019, the Los Santos Fire Department were notified of a fire in the Great Chaparral area and sent a brush assignment to the scene due to the ruralness of the area. 

On arrival fire crews discovered a timber Church off Route 68 well involved in flame, and upgraded the incident to a Structure Fire. Additional resources were dispatched to the scene to engage in an aggressive fire attack including Rapid Attack Tender 1 with Engine 3 to provide additional water in a remote area. Resources on scene struggled to get water onto the fire due to a lack of water supply from Fire Hydrants and their own water tanks, and had to draft water from the nearby Zancudo River. Engine 2 was tasked with ventilating the structure while a primary search was carried out and Ambulances stood by. 
Rapid Attack Tender 1 also made use of the Deluge Guns mounted on the roof of the fire apparatus to douse the fierce flames in water.

Rapid Attack Tender 1 seen deluging the burning roof in water. 

After approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes of fierce firefighting, knock down was declared at 20:49 and resources began to clear from the scene, leaving Rapid Attack Tender 1 and Engine 3 to clean up. There was no injuries during the fire and no further damage to surrounding property but the church has been left with severe damage. 

UPDATE - 11/APR/2019 15:53: 
The State Fire Marshal's have since been at the scene to investigate and have confirmed the cause as Arson after evidence proved fuel had been poured throughout the Church's Sanctuary room. The Fire Marshal's also discovered the Church's donation box had been broken into and all the valuables inside were stolen after it had been forced open by an unknown tool. 

The Fire Marshal's are currently following lead of an unknown female in the area during the fire between the time of 19:00 and 19:25 on Tuesday the 2nd April 2019, and are asking any witnesses or anyone with any information to come forward by contacting 889-9488 and referencing incident number #012. 

State Fire Marshal's at the scene carrying out an investigation of the severely damaged church. 

Dispatched LSFD Units: Brush 1, Engine 1, Engine 2, Engine 3, Rapid Attack Tender 1, Rescue Ambulance 1, Rescue Ambulance 2

 

 

 

 

Edited April 11, 2019 by Cobra

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