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Joplin Mosque
2:23 pm
Mon August 6, 2012

Only Joplin, Mo. mosque burns to the ground, cause of fire unknown

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Prayer rugs lined the floor of the Joplin Islamic Center in 2009; the mosque burned to the ground on August 6, 2012.
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KSMU's Jennifer Davidson reported for this story.

The only mosque in Joplin, Mo. has burned to the ground.  The cause of the fire is still unknown.  The loss of property leaves the Islamic community there without a place of worship in its most sacred time of the year, Ramadan.

The imam of the mosque, Imam Lahmuddin, had only  finished leading the special “Taraweeh” night prayers a few hours before he was awakened by a phone call from the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department.  That prayer takes place every night around 10:00 during the month of Ramadan.

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Developing: Fire
9:35 pm
Tue July 17, 2012

Five-alarm fire in Midtown apartment building

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A photo of 3949 Lindell Ave. ablaze around 8 p.m. July 17, 2012.
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A five alarm fire burns into the night at an apartment complex in Midtown St. Louis on July 17, 2012.
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St. Louis firefighters work to contain a fire on the roof of an apartment building during a five alarm fire in St. Louis on July 17, 2012. Nearly 200 apartments in the complex were involved after a fire spread throughout the roof of the buildings.
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A view from a distance of the five-alarm fire in a St. Louis apartment building on July 17, 2012.
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A close-up view from across the street of the fire at 3949 Lindell Blvd. in St. Louis.
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Firefighters try to stay cool while battling a five-alarm blaze at 3949 Lindell Blvd, near Lindell and Vandeventer. Two firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion while working in 90+ degree temperatures.
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This is a developing story and will be updated.

Updated 3:45 p.m. City fire chief Dennis Jenkerson says the cause of the fire is not suspicious, and building appears to be up to code:

"The question that came up was the draft stops up in the attic, and in reviewing the plans, and also we sent firefighters over there this morning and we went up in the attics of the remaining buildings, and all buildings had the draft stops as required. This was just a very hot and quick-moving fire."

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