Local investigators will likely never know what caused a fire that displaced an evangelical church with a soup kitchen and food bank on Barton Street East.
The Jan. 21 fire started in the boiler room of Christ's Voice of Restoration Church at the corner of Barton and Sanford. But as for what caused it to ignite, it's likely no one will ever know, said Claudio Mostacci, spokesperson for the Hamilton Fire Department.
There's little evidence left of what caused the $400,000 fire. In cases such as this one, Mostacci said, "it goes down as undetermined."
The fire began on a bitterly cold afternoon. Pastor Tom Tirivangani, the founder of the church, fled the church with five volunteers. It will be about four months before the congregation can get back into the church, Tirivangani said.
Crews are still cleaning up the church, which held a soup kitchen and food bank. In the meantime, the church is operating its food bank and soup kitchen from its Seeds of Faith thrift store building at 423 Barton St. E.
"The congregation is coming together as a family," Tirivangani said. "I see more prayer, more determination coming from the family."
The church itself was insured, and that money will cover most of the structural damage, Tirivangani said. But it lost much of the contents. That includes office furniture, computer equipment and donations of food and toys.
Tirivangani would be grateful for any donations of office supplies or equipment, cash, or in-kind help in fixing or reestablishing the church.
The Seeds of Faith building is too small, he said, but "it's allowing us to continue the services in the short term."
The church is using space at the Mission Services Opportunities Centre down the street for its services, which serves a congregation of about 100.
"They had over 100 people on Sunday and got to do their Sunday church," said Tom Heeney, Mission Services director of operations.
"We've got space that isn't used much on the weekend, so we offered it to them. It was sort of like neighbour helping neighbour."
The church was built in 1906. Tirivangani, who founded the church in 2008, moved his congregation in there a little over a year ago.
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