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Fire Official Says San Gabriel Mission Fire Apparently Started In Choir Loft. Arson Is A Possible Cause
The blaze that gutted the historic San Gabriel Mission early Saturday morning appears to have started in the church’s choir loft before darting up the roof, destroying most of it, according to a city fire official.
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Un fuego daña el tejado de la misión española de San Gabriel en Los Ángeles
Un fuego destruyó el sábado el tejado y parte del interior de la misión española de San Gabriel en Los Ángeles justo antes de que celebrara su 250 aniversario, informaron este domingo de madrugada los bomberos de San Gabriel y la Arquidiócesis de Los Ángeles.
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Investigators: Mission San Gabriel fire probe yields no ‘aha moment’
The 4:45 a.m. Saturday fire destroyed the 249-year-old church’s wooden roof in 15 minutes, and its interior was burned up to the altar. Flames spread quickly because the church’s historical classification prevented the installation of sprinklers, said San Gabriel Fire Department Capt. Antonio Negrete.
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CHURCH COVID PIVOTS Bishop Elbow Bumps … REMOTE CONTROL CAR COLLECTIONS
The world is constantly adapting to a new normal during the pandemic — and that includes churchgoers and their leaders, who are pivoting too. As proof, here’s Exhibit A and B.
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Parishioners Hold Sunday Mass Day After Historic San Gabriel Mission Is Ravaged By Flames
Parishioners of the San Gabriel Mission are holding Sunday mass a day after the historic 215-year-old building was ravaged by fire.
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Mass Celebrated After Fire Damages Centuries-Old San Gabriel Mission
Mass was celebrated Sunday on the grounds of an historic Catholic church in Southern California that had been heavily damaged by fire a day earlier.
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My heart is full of sadness’: Faithful stunned by destruction of San Gabriel Mission fire
For the faithful, it was a grim Saturday as they arrived at San Gabriel Mission to survey the damage from a huge fire that destroyed the historic landmark’s roof and much of the church interior.
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Massive fire at historic San Gabriel Mission destroys roof and much of the interior
It was a wake without a body as hundreds of parishioners from the San Gabriel Mission Roman Catholic community gathered Saturday in the parking lot to cry, grieve and pray after a fire tore through the historic landmark.
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Mission founded by St. Junípero Serra burns in overnight fire
A massive fire devastated an eighteenth century mission church in San Gabriel, in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, July 11. Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles called the fire at San Gabriel Mission church, founded by St. Junipero Serra, “devastating.”
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Gomez asks for prayers after fire at ‘spiritual heart of Los Angeles’
Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles has expressed his “terrible sadness” after a fire at a 249-year-old mission church founded by St. Junípero Serra, and asked for prayers for the local Catholic community.