A historic church in Buffalo, New York, caught fire again this week, and it was determined to be the result of arson.
St. Ann’s Catholic Church was built in 1886.
It permanently closed down in August 2024 and was sold to an Islamic community for $250,000.
There is now a push to turn the historic Catholic church into a mosque.
St. Anne’s Church, Buffalo, NY. Permanently closed. Sold to the Islamic community for $250,000 who are converting the historic church into a mosque. pic.twitter.com/D21oTu18ax
— Father V (@father_rmv) August 11, 2024
On Tuesday, a second fire tore through the church in one week.
Last weekend, firefighters battled a three-alarm fire at the church.
On Wednesday, investigators determined the fire was the result of arson.
WGRZ reported:
The Buffalo Fire Department was once again called to fight a fire at the former St. Ann’s Church on Broadway, with investigators determining arson as its cause.
A spokesperson for Buffalo Fire told 2 On Your Side that fire crews were sent to the site of the former church at around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday for reports that another fire had started in the building. They add that fire investigators have ruled the cause of the fire as arson.
Firefighters were able to find the fire and extinguish it before it spread to most of the building. It is unknown exactly where the fire was in the building and how badly the building was damaged.
This is the second fire that was started at the former church in just the past week. Last Friday, Buffalo Fire tackled a three-alarm fire at the site and in January, a four-alarm fire ripped through the church’s neighboring building, the former St. Ann’s Roman Catholic School. That first fire destroyed much of the inside of the former school, however the exterior is still standing.
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