Firefighters responded to a fire at a drive-in theater Sunday night in the Westside area, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.
Fire rescue said the fire was located at the Old Playtime Drive-in Theater on Blanding Boulevard near Wesconnett Street.
The writing on the@wall says it all for the firefighters on scene.... pic.twitter.com/P8oNyHUDnb
— MyJFRD (@JFRDJAX) March 5, 2018
The blaze at the vacant building has been extinguished, JFRD said. No one was injured.
Fire located in the old playtime drive in theater on Blanding Blvd. Ladder pipes going up now
— JFRDincidents (@JFRDIncidents) March 5, 2018
A NPR report said a church purchased the structure and used it as a meeting place. The report stated that the church had unusual ceremonies where old X-rated movies were burned in a fire pit.
The structure is not a church. The property is a old vacant drive in theatre.
— MyJFRD (@JFRDJAX) March 5, 2018
The theater has been in the area since the 1940s, and the church was at the theater from 2008 to 2014.
JFRD are investigating the case of the fire.
An NPR report says a church owned this building from 2008-2014. It says they found boxes of pornography from the 1970s and 80s in the building. The report says the church burned the x-rated material. @ActionNewsJax @WOKVNews https://t.co/eRfHZBvwZN
— Varisa Lall Dass (@vldass) March 5, 2018
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