96 Year Old Church In Coden Catches On Fire

Alabama Fire Firefighters have just extinguished a fire at Sweet Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Coden.
by Jamie Burch
Published: Wed, June 17, 2009 - 3:07 pm CST Last Updated: Wed, June 17, 2009 - 4:43 pm CST
Members of Sweet Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Coden will have to find somewhere to worship tonight.

The church caught on fire just before 3:00 p.m. Wednesday. It took firefighters about an hour to get it under control.

Church members tell us they were doing insulation work this afternoon. They smelled smoke, came outside and saw the roof on fire.

The church just celebrated its 96th anniversary on Sunday.

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Bikermike
Bikermike Says:
Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 8:07 pm

I bet it was an electrical fire.

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