Fire destroys vacant Springdale church building

Springdale firefighters respond to a fire at an abandoned church Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013 on the north east corner of Grove Avenue and Thompson Street in Springdale.
Springdale firefighters respond to a fire at an abandoned church Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013 on the north east corner of Grove Avenue and Thompson Street in Springdale.

A vacant church building near Grove Avenue and Thompson Street in Springdale burned Sunday night.

Thompson Street was closed while firefighters contained the blaze. All but one fire engine and one ambulance responded from the Springdale Fire Department. A ladder truck from Fayetteville also responded.

Firefighters did not make entry because of the intensity of the fire.

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