VIDEO: A local pastor says his church has had four fires since March, and he wants to know who’s responsible and why.
KGUN9 checked in with the church and pastor to find out about the latest incident and what the church is planning to do next. We first met Pastor Gene Chewning at the Living Word Church at 3602 South 12th Avenue in March of this year, the church is known as a multi-denominational church in the neighborhood.
Back then, the church had just suffered a fire in its Sunday school building and theft. The church lost bibles, artifacts and costumes for their Easter service. At the time Tucson Fire couldn't find a cause, but the pastor says the first fire was suspicious, and it wouldn’t be the last.
"It was our auxiliary building my office and library, Chewing said in March of 2020.
"The second one was considered arson, third one both police and fire investigators told me it was arson and the fourth the fire department told me it was incendiary," Chewning said.