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Pastor: Church fire may have been 'intentionally set' after hate speech found
No one was hurt in a church fire in Catawba County Monday morning.
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VALE, N.C. — No one was hurt in a church fire in Catawba County Monday morning.
According to WBTV, the fire happened at the Providence Baptist Church on Providence Road in Vale. The church had extensive smoke damage.
The pastor of the church is concerned that the fire may have been intentionally set. Hate speech was found spray-painted behind the church which read "Anti-Gay Hate Group."
Deputies with the Catawba County Sheriff's Office are investigating the fire.
