Fire crews responding to blaze at African American church in Greeleyville

[NRaleighLiberal]

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Source: Post and Courier, SC

Melissa Boughton

"A prominent African-American church that was burned to the ground by the KKK in 1995 is currently on fire, according to the State Law Enforcement Division.

Fire crews are still battling an active blaze at Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, located at 564 MacKey Road, said Mark Keel, chief of SLED.

He said agents are on the way and that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and other federal agencies have been notified.

A fire investigation likely can’t begin until the blaze is extinguished. Keel noted that a storm had recently rolled through the area and that the fire could have been ignited by lightning, but he did not know for sure."

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Read more: http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150630/PC16/150639930&source=RSS

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This is being reported frequently and commented upon on Twitter - haven't seen it on other news sites yet.

CNN finally reporting on this link here http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/30/us/south-carolina-church-fire-mount-zion-ame/index.html

they are utterly obsessed with the prison break naturally.

Here is the story from NBC News

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/another-historically-black-church-south-carolina-burning-n384876

Interesting variation - NAACP had warnings out about possible church burnings

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-na-black-churches-naacp-20150630-story.html

#WhoIsBurningBlackChurches trending up fast on Twitter

[shenmue]

1. ...

Love one another.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. .

Agreed - these church burnings should be screaming front page, headline news and all efforts must be to stop this.

[inanna]

5. shenmue

This is truly terrible news.

[niyad]

3. to the fire-setters: grow up, you mindless, hate-filled wastes of skin and oxygen. you

are out of step with the times, with reality.

may you receive everything you deserve.

[daleanime]

12. +1

[oldandhappy]

4. Burning black churches is a no win all around

...

[brer cat]

6. When will it end?

There is a lot of hate out there, and too many places to guard. Blessings for the people losing such an important part of their lives and communities, and prayers that loss of life doesn't come next time.

[jwirr]

7. How many is this? 6? Hatred.

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. tonight's church makes 7.

[jwirr]

16. I hope that the feds do not think these are all just little accidents. This is more than a pattern.

[Cheese Sandwich]

9. More terrorism.

I think maybe black churches down south should consider having 24 hour security patrols.

Like volunteers could take shifts.

[HooptieWagon]

10. Why not police or Nat Guard?

I think their presence is warranted when obviously the churches are being targeted by terrorists.

[Cheese Sandwich]

11. Probably too many churches. Cops can't be everywhere at once.

The cops and government should step up too.

But people could also organize for self defense.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

13. Homeland Security needs to go after these racist rednecks, just as they would Al Queda

.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

14. Agreed!

[MadDAsHell]

15. Not arson. Ironic given the last few weeks though. nt

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

17. I'm sure the fire dept. will say it was a short circuit, or a lightning strike.

[RussBLib]

20. lightning DOES strike buildings

but if there are a string of black church arsons, they better get on the story

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

21. Of course, but this seems too coincidental.

[Comrade Grumpy]

18. Not arson, according to "sources."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/latest-church-fire-sc-criminal-act-sources/story?id=32142220

The latest church fire in South Carolina does not appear to be a criminal act, according to two sources familiar with the investigation.

Officials said investigators from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were on scene at Mt. Zion AME Church in Greeleyville, but the cause of the Tuesday night fire is unclear. State and federal authorities are involved with the investigation.

The preliminary assessment, which includes some eyewitness accounts indicating there may have been a lightning strike, will be enhanced when the forensic examiners are able to make more conclusive assessments.

"We do not want to make any assumptions about what has occurred," Williamsburg County Supervisor Stanley Pasley said at a news conference in Greeleyville this morning. But one thing for certain, he added, is that the "church will have to be rebuilt."

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[vinny9698]

19. Offer a large reward. works most of the time

This bigots are probably bragging among their peers about their "bravery". Offer a large reward and their friends will turn them in.