Police in Bridgewater, Massachusetts say two 12-year-olds are responsible for a fire at St. John the Evangelist church on Friday. Police believe the pair, a…
East Bridgewater police believe two 12-year-olds set fire to St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church between 2 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. FridayPolice in Bridgewater, Massachusetts say two 12-year-olds are responsible for a fire at St. John the Evangelist church on Friday.
Police believe the pair, a male and a female, went inside St. John the Evangelist church on Central Street in the middle of the day, lit a candle at the entrance and tossed the matches aside. An employee told police everything seemed fine when they were working here at the food pantry around 2 p.m. The pastor told EMTS that he started smelling smoke around 3:30, so authorities believe it happened sometime between then. Police officers and firefighters were on scene by 3:40.
They quickly realized the fire had already been put out with an extinguisher based on some yellow powder at the front of the church.When they went further inside, investigators noticed a water jug was missing from a dispenser in the priest’s preparation room, which leads them to believe the suspects tried to put the fire out with water.
When that didn’t work, they used the extinguisher, leaving behind that yellow powder. Most of the damage is near the altar – the altar cloth is scorched and pages of the bible burned.
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