Habitat office burnt down

This morning I got the bad news about Habitat for Humanity Office..

I am very saddened to hear about this.. I will wait to hear more details when it comes out if it was arson or something else..

"Suspicious" fire destroys Oak Ridge church

December 31, 2004

OAK RIDGE (WATE) -- It took all units from the Oak Ridge Fire Department, plus units from Marlow and Clinton, to battle a fire that destroyed the First Christian Church building early Friday morning.

The first units arrived just before 2:30 a.m. and found the roof totally engulfed in flames. For more than 10 hours firefighters fought to extinguish the fire in the church building on Michigan Avenue.

Oak Ridge Fire Chief Mack Bailey said the fire's origin was suspicious. "We're going to take a close look at it," he said.

Bailey said at least two separate fires were thought to be burning in remote parts of the building when firefighters arrived on the scene.

"The volume of fire was just too much for the limited number of people we had," said Bailey, explaining why additional units from nearby area were called to help. "It's just a matter of how many people and how much water you can assemble to control something large like this."

The local office of Habitat for Humanity was housed in an upper floor of the building. It had been located there for just over a year. All of its contents are believed to be destroyed.