Vacant church burned in west central Spokane

A church that burned Friday night once served as the set of the local campy cult horror film "The Ghosting."

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Sat., Sept. 9, 2017

Pictured decades ago is the Broadway Baptist Church, Broadway and Adams, Spokane, Washington.
The former Broadway Baptist Church burned on Sept. 8, 2017.

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Firefighters attack a fire in the empty church at Adams and Broadway Friday, Sept. 8, 2017.

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Spokane firefighters pour water onto an old church building just west of the Spokane Courthouse on Broadway Avenue with water cannons on the ground and on aerial ladders Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. The 1905 building was heavily damaged by a fire reported around 9:21 Friday evening.

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Spokane firefighters watch was their fellow firefighters pour water onto an old church building just west of the Spokane Courthouse on Broadway Avenue Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. The 1905 building was heavily damaged by a fire reported around 9:21 Friday evening.

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Walt Hefner, looks over the burnt wreckage of the former Broadway Baptist Church. Hefner directed his only film, “The Ghosting,” in the church 25 years ago.