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Authorities in southern Louisiana are investigating a string of “suspicious” fires at three African American churches in recent days.

During a news conference Thursday, Fire Marshal H. “Butch” Browning said it wasn’t clear whether the fires in St. Landry Parish are connected and he declined to get into specifics of what the investigation had yielded so far but described the blazes as “suspicious.”

“If you’re going to turn to a house of god, turn to it for resurrection,” he said.

State Fire Marshal’s spokeswoman Ashley Rodrigue says all three churches have African American congregations. She said all possibilities on the cause and potential motives are being investigated.

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A photo from the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal shows the remains of a fire at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Opelo

A photo from the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal shows the remains of a fire at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Opelousas.

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