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(Jewish Group) Two Louisiana synagogues catch fire
A historic 116-year-old synagogue in southern Louisiana caught fire following a lightning strike.
The Reform Congregation Gates of Prayer building in New Iberia, Louisiana, sustained smoke and water damage remained intact, local ABC affiliate KATC reported after a fire started in the attic on Wednesday. The blaze was contained there after a neighboring business noticed smoke billowing out on the roof and called the fire department.
The following day a fire completely destroyed a synagogue building in nearby Lafayette that had closed in the 1990s, KATC reported.
The New Iberia synagogue celebrated its first official service in 1904 and the building is listed on the National Historic Register.
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