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Downtown Dallas church fire: The latest updates [Video]

Services on Sunday inside the church’s main sanctuary are TBD due to concerns with AC units and smoke damage.

DALLAS — Plumes of black smoke were seen rising through the Downtown Dallas skyline Friday evening.

Dallas Fire Rescue (DFR) responded to a fourth-alarm fire just after 6 p.m. at the First Baptist Dallas Church at 1707 San Jacinto St.

When firefighters arrived they were met with heavy smoke and immediately started attacking the blaze. Officials said at least 100 firefighters were on scene for more than three hours.

Vacation Bible School just concluded in the historic sanctuary on Thursday. It’s used for funerals, weddings, and auxiliary events that don’t require the main sanctuary. 

Officials say no one was injured in the fire.

DFR believes the blaze started in the basement. Deacons told WFAA they fear the church’s library, beneath the historic sanctuary, has been lost. It held a majority of the church’s records, they say. 

Pastor Robert Jeffress, who was elected pastor of First Baptist Dallas in August …

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