HEMPHILL, Texas — Six Mile Volunteer Fire Department reported the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church located on Highway 87 in Hemphill was completely destroyed after a fire broke out overnight on Saturday.
Fire crews were on the scene around 10 p.m. and were able to have the fire under control by 12:15 a.m., according to Six Mile Volunteer Fire Department Chief Lonnie Johnston.
Currently, crews are on scene investigating as to what led the fire to begin.
Along with Six Mile Volunteer Fire Department, Pineland Volunteer Fire Department and Fairmount Volunteer Fire Department were on scene, according to Johnston.