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A spate of suspicious fires within three hours in Christchurch overnight appear to be linked, police say. About 3am on Monday, firefighters received multiple calls about a large blaze at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, in Waitikiri Drive, Parklands. A spokesman said the building had not been used for congregations since March due to Covid-19, with meetings held online. “The building was well alight when we arrived. It’s a decent-sized building,” she said. “It has since been extinguished. It’s considered possibly suspicious and is being investigated.” Half an hour later, the alarm was raised at Christchurch Transitional Cathedral, in Hereford St, about a small fire in a back room. The blaze had gone out when fire crews arrived. Fire crews tackled a large blaze at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Waitikiri Drive, Parklands. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/122682854/suspicious-spate-of-earlymorning-fires-in-christchurch-thought-to-be-linked

Fire sprinklers likely saved a Battle Ground-area church from more extensive damage after a food dehydrator sparked a fire Sunday night in its attached garage. Around 9:20 p.m., crews from Clark County Fire & Rescue were dispatched to the Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall north of Battle Ground, at 33209 N.E. Lewisville Highway, for a report of a structure fire. Deputy Clark County Fire Marshal Curtis Eavenson said a fault in a food dehydrating device sparked a small fire in a garage attached to the church. The dehydrator appeared to be homemade. The sprinkler system limited the damage to a roughly 3-square-foot area, causing about $4,000 to $5,000 in damage. “The sprinkler system saved the day,” Eavenson said. “Once again, the value of fire sprinklers are very evident there.” The dehydrator was being used to dry some fruit, he said. http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/dec/19/church-fire-sparked-by-food-dehydrator/

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