August 5, 2019–10:09 p.m.

WEIS RADIO

Firefighters and other emergency personnel responded to an early Monday morning blaze at the Grace Pointe Church of God in Centre, which shut down traffic in front of the building in both directions for an extended period of time.  It’s believed the blaze started around 2:00 am (Monday) – and appears to have originated at the rear of the structure; however, that has yet to be confirmed.

The Centre, Cedar Bluff, Leesburg, Spring Creek, Ellisville and Gaylesville Fire Departments, in addition to the Piedmont and McCord’s Departments all responded, as well as Floyd EMS and the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office and EMA officials.  Centre Police units also assisted with traffic control.

WEIS Radio News spoke with Fire Marshal Ray Cumby at the scene and he informed us that the building received extensive damage and at this point it was too early to determine what may have started the fire adding that the investigation would begin as soon as the structure cooled-down enough for them to get inside and begin the process.