More than 60 units from Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to a 4-alarm fire at a historic chapel of the First Baptist Church on San Jacinto Street in Downtown Dallas. Crews arrived on the scene within 4 minutes of the initial call at 6:05 p.m. Upon arrival, firefighters encountered heavy smoke and fire conditions involving the structure and immediately initiated fire attack operations. A second alarm was quickly requested at 6:20 p.m. Shortly after a third alarm was called at 7:25 p.m., a partial collapse of the structure occurred. Fire operations were...

The historic First Baptist Dallas church's chapel, which served as the nationally famous church's place of worship for more than a century, largely collapsed Friday night during a four-alarm fire. Senior pastor Robert Jeffress said in a statement that church leaders are "grateful that no life has been lost that we know of, even though we just had 2,000 children and volunteers on campus for Vacation Bible School," reports The Dallas Morning News. Church representatives said in a Facebook post late Friday that services are still planned for Sunday. "As...

A fire that broke out Friday at the First Baptist Dallas church, a landmark in the city’s downtown, appeared to cause major damage to an old part of the church complex. The church’s pastor, the Rev. Robert Jeffress, said that he understood from his conversations with fire officials that in the fire’s final phase, the roof of what is known as the historic sanctuary had collapsed. “We will have to see about whether we try to recreate it or do something else,” he said in an interview. Dallas Fire-Rescue did...

The historic sanctuary at First Baptist Church Dallas burned Friday evening, July 19. The cause of the blaze is not yet known. The Victorian-style, red brick sanctuary building was erected 1890 and is a recognized Texas Historic Landmark. According to media reports, Dallas Fire and Rescue received a call at 6:05 p.m., Friday evening regarding a building on fire in downtown Dallas. Firefighters responded and within 15 minutes of the first call, a second alarm was requested. Then around 7:30 p.m., the scene was upgraded to a three-alarm fire. A...

The historic sanctuary of First Baptist Church of Dallas, the church led by Pastor Robert Jeffress, caught fire on Friday night. The cause remains unknown, though the fire comes less than one week after an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, of whom Jeffress has long been an impassioned supporter. “Dallas Fire-Rescue is currently battling a two-alarm fire in a building located at 1717 San Jacinto Street,” Chief Robert Borse told The Daily Signal. “The initial call was received at 6:05 p.m., and crews arrived on scene at 6:09...

"To our knowledge, no one is hurt or injured," a pastor at the church said. Firefighters are battling a major fire that broke out at a historic Baptist church in Dallas. First Baptist Dallas is a Baptist church located in Dallas, Texas that dates back to 1890. "To our knowledge, no one is hurt or injured," Dr. Robert Jeffress, a pastor at the church, posted on X Friday evening. Dallas Fire-Rescue confirmed to ABC News affiliate WFAA, that the "structure involved is the secondary chapel." This is a developing story....

A two-alarm fire at First Baptist Church Dallas on Friday night sent a plume of smoke in the air and drew downtown bystanders to the site of many baptisms, weddings, funerals and services. There was an unusual amount of foot traffic in downtown Dallas as crowds gathered behind crime scene tape on nearby street corners, their faces illuminated by a panoply of red, green and blue lights flashing from ambulances and fire trucks. Waves of heat could be felt from several blocks away as crews battled the worst of the...

Smoke billowed from the historic First Baptist Dallas Church in downtown Dallas, Texas, Friday evening as firefighters battled a four-alarm fire. Fire crews arrived just after 6 p.m. to what was originally a two-alarm fire at San Jacinto and North Ervay Street, according to FOX 4. Fox News Digital has reached out to Dallas Fire-Rescue for more information. The fire caused the church's sanctuary to partially collapse, according to the station. ‘HERO CAT’ ALERTS MARYLAND FAMILY TO HOUSE FIRE, DIES FROM SMOKE INHALATION: OFFICIALSThe church was built in 1868, and...

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