Investigation of Clayborn Temple fire will be ‘thorough and detailed’
A single fire hose continued to douse hot spots at Clayborn Temple Tuesday, April 29, the day after the landmark church was destroyed by fire. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis Fire Chief Gina Sweat says the Monday pre-dawn fire took about an hour to bring under control. She warned Tuesday the investigation of the cause will take time.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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