The Imam and his son suspected the fire was either an arson attack or started accidentally by a homeless person trying to shelter from the cold.
Source/Credit: Al Arabia | News
By Al-Arabia | February 13, 2015
A massive blaze has ripped through an Islamic community center in Houston, Texas, on Friday.
It is not known what has caused the fire that gutted a section of the building used for storage. Federal investigators are now looking for the source of the blaze.
Kenyatta Parker, public information officer at Houston Fire Department told Al Arabiya News: “I can confirm that the fire happened this morning, that no one was hurt and no one was in the building at the time.
“We currently have no official statement regarding the fire and it remains under investigation.”
He said he was unable to comment regarding reports citing the Imam and his son who said they believed the fire was either an arson attack or started accidentally by a homeless person trying to shelter from the cold.
In a statement published on the center’s Facebook page, the incident was described as a “tragic event’. It went on to explain that at “Some time around 5 a.m.this morning, a fire was started in our third building. The blaze was so hot that the complete building and all its many contents were destroyed.”
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The fire broke out in a vacant building on the Quba Islamic Institute campus in southeast Houston early Friday morning.
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