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Abandoned Macon church destroyed by fire

A fire broke out at Mt. Temah Primitive Baptist Church in the Pleasant Hill neighborhood Sunday night.

MACON, Ga. — A fire destroyed an abandoned Macon church building Sunday night in the Pleasant Hill neighborhood.

Macon-Bibb Fire Investigator Ben Gleaton said it happened around 10 p.m. on the 300-block of Pursley Street.

He said the cause is still unknown, but suspects vagrants squatting in the building.

Gleaton said it was a total loss. He said there was previously another fire in the same building in February 2018, but it caused less damage.

Tax records valued the building at $200 and said it was built in the 1930s.

Community leader George Muhammed said it was Mt. Temah Primative Baptist Church and services hadn't been held there for decades.

Reporter Abby Kousouris will have more on 13WMAZ at 5 and 6 p.m.

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