A small Saturday evening fire at Gateway Church in North Richland is the fourth church fire in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in three weeks, but fire officials believe all were unrelated.
Sarah Chilutti, North Richland Hills public information officer, said in an email that a golf cart caught fire but was quickly contained by the water sprinklers. No injuries were reported.
Chilutti said the department has not been in contact with Dallas Fire-Rescue, which has responded to three reportedly unrelated church fires in as many weeks.
A fire severely damaged the historic First Baptist Dallas church on July 19. Church members held their first service since the fire in the worship center on Sunday.
A firefighter was injured responding to another fire at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church a week later on July 26. The firefighter was taken to Baylor University Medical Center in stable condition, WFAA reported.
Last week, on July 31, Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to a fire at New Generation Church.
Robert Borse, administrative captain of fire operations, previously told KERA that all three incidents were being investigated by Dallas Fire-Rescue's arson division. As of Thursday, Borse said there was no evidence to suggest the fires were connected.
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