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New Hope Lutheran Is On Fire!

April 26, 2012 By Downtown Flat Rock

The fire started from the center of the building and it appears to have originated somewhere within the sanctuary. The roof didn’t explode but collapsed, and there was no kitchen so the chances of an electrical mishap is very small.

The fire chief of Flat Rock was unable to confirm what caused the fire.

“It caught on fire somehow,” says member of New Hope Lutheran Les Gibson. He was called by the Wyandotte security company because the alarm went off and the police needed in. There’s a small fire in the vestibule says Les Gibson, a long standing member since the beginning.

No likelihood of an oven fire because the church didn’t have a kitchen. It was a caving in fire that burned from the inside and burned out the support structures.

Photos after the break

 

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WELCOME TO FLAT ROCK

The first Euro-American settlers in Flat Rock were Michael Vreeland and his five grown sons between 1811 and 1820. Michael had been captured by British Rangers during the Revolutionary War and released after American independence.

The family purchased 800 acres (3.2 km2). The town was called the Village of Vreeland until 1838 when the Vreeland family sold off the majority of the land and relinquished control of the area. The Vreeland families built the first grain and lumber mill, having brought the grinding stones from New York.

Descendants of Michael Vreeland still live in the town and attend Flat Rock public schools, being the seventh generation to reside in the town their family founded.

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