We were glad to hear that the Fruita Police Department made an arrest in connection with the investigation of a fire that destroyed the Fruita Church of Jesus Christ of
Last Sunday, members of the Fruita Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which was burned down the week before, spread out among the other LDS churches in the valley to worship for the first time since the fire.
Megan Graves, who had attended the Fruita church with her family for years, said she made the nearly half hour drive to Orchard Mesa last weekend. Despite the drive, Graves said she was grateful to have a place to go.
âWe are fortunate here in the valley that we have other buildings and we have been able to relocate our displaced members to these buildings, which has been a huge blessing to all the members who did attend the Fruita chapel,â Graves said.
An early morning fire ripped through the Fruita Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints causing extensive damage to the building early Monday morning.
A Lower Valley Fire District crew responded just after 4 a.m. to the church building at 417 E. Ottley Avenue, Lower Valley Fire District Chief Frank Cavaliere said. When the crew arrived the fire had already spread through the main section of the building.
âThe main body of the fire was through the roof when we arrived on scene,â Cavaliere said around 9 a.m. Monday. âWeâve just been battling it. Weâve been having a lot of trouble getting to a lot of the areas in the loft, the attic areas.â
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