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"Just a matter of minutes. First I saw smoke, then I saw fire coming up from the northeast corner of the building. Then 5-8 minutes, the whole building was involved," neighbor Harold Pate said.

An early morning fire destroyed a Sikh temple called Guru Ram Das Sikh community temple in the eastern part of Vancouver in Washington state in the US on Friday.

The building has since been used as a Sikh worship centre with a residence for the priest. It is on the same property as the Gurmat Center Preschool, which once operated as Glenmore School. Rennie said he attended the school 75 years ago.

Three Wiltshire men have been convicted of fire-bombing a temple and a house after being angered by the marriage of a Sikh woman to her Hindu boyfriend.

Members of an east London Sikh temple which was destroyed in a suspected arson attack have offered a £50,000 reward towards catching the culprit.

We expect Sangat to attend in unprecedented numbers. This programme can only happen with the blessings and support of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and Guru Roop Sat Sangat.

Shocked Sikhs have been arriving from all over London to witness the tragic blaze that is sweeping through a major Sikh Gurdwara in the East End.

"Every thing was gutted in front our eyes in the last week of February 2009. Over 200 people died in the area due to fires that left no time for anyone to flee. Thanks to the almighty, all of us, my wife, children, brother and father managed to stay alive," Singh told visiting Indian journalists