String of church fires in Greenville, NC cause concern
{{date|January 16, 2007}}

Numerous city, state, and federal agencies are involved in the investigation of a recent string of church fires this past weekend in the city of [[w:Greenville, North Carolina|Greenville, North Carolina, U.S.A.]]

A police spokesman said two Baptist churches were believed to be set on fire and a third was broken into this past weekend. Damages are estimated to be over [[w:United States dollar|US$]]1,000,000.

City of Greenville Police, Greenville Fire Department, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, [[w:FBI|Federal Bureau of Investigation]] and the [[w:Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms|Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms]] are a part of a joint task force set up to investigate these incidents.

Evidence from the fire scenes have been sent to the state crime lab for analysis.

A US$10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest of the perpetrators of this crime. 

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.witntv.com/home/headlines/5202267.html|title=$10,000 Reward Being Offered In Church Fires| author=|pub=WITN-TV|date=January 16, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://rdu.news14.com/content/headlines/?ArID=98296&SecID=2|title=Greenville, FBI part of church fire task force|author=Associated Press|pub=News-14 Carolina|date=January 16, 2007}}

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[[Category:North America]]
[[Category:Religion]]
[[Category:North Carolina]]
[[Category:United States]]
[[Category:Disasters and accidents]]
[[Category:Crime and law]]
[[Category:Fires]]
[[Category:Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives]]
Numerous city, state, and federal agencies are involved in the investigation of a recent string of church fires this past weekend in the city of Greenville, North Carolina, U.S.A.

A police spokesman said two Baptist churches were believed to be set on fire and a third was broken into this past weekend. Damages are estimated to be over US$1,000,000.

City of Greenville Police, Greenville Fire Department, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are a part of a joint task force set up to investigate these incidents.

Evidence from the fire scenes have been sent to the state crime lab for analysis.

A US$10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest of the perpetrators of this crime.
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