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Pastor Kevin Roberts has asked for continued prayers after a fire heavily damaged the fellowship hall at Trinity Baptist Church in Pineville. Keith Manuel photo

Fire heavily damages Trinity Fellowship Hall

April 19, 2021

By Baptist Message staff

PINEVILLE, La. (LBM) – A fire heavily damaged the fellowship hall at Trinity Baptist Church in Pineville Sunday evening, April 18.

According to Pastor Kevin Roberts, he and other church members were visiting in the parking lot at 8:30 p.m. when they noticed smoke coming from the roof of the building. Fire crews from Alpine, Kolin, Holiday Village and Pineville were on the scene four minutes after Roberts and other church members called 911.

The cause of the fire was still under investigation Monday morning, April 19.

He asked for continued prayers as they determine what to do next.

“We are very grateful no one was inside when the fire broke out,” Roberts told the Baptist Message. “Had we not been here when the fire began, it may have jumped to other parts of the campus. We are very grateful we were here and caught it so fast, and that so many fire departments got here as quickly as they did.”

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