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Investigates to determine whether it s been a hate crime. in these cases atf assists with the crime scene investigation and local state arson investigators as well. this particular church was burned down 20 years ago by the ku klux klan and the investigation was conducted and the people that set that fire went to prison for 20 years for setting it. so yes there is extensive investigation done any time one of the church goes up. because this specific historically black church was burned down 20 years ago in greeleyville south carolina, people are not necessarily going to believe it was just lightning or something like that. a lot of people will fear the worst. and there s not much you can do with that if the evidence shows it wasn t an arson. the fbi consulted with national weather service immediately about lightning strikes that occurred around 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., the time of the fires, and determined there were lightning strikes in that immediate vicinity of that church. two ....