A devastating eight-alarm fire has destroyed a massive church in southern New Jersey, despite the efforts of more than 150 firefighters who tried to extinguish the flames overnight.
The blaze broke out on Monday evening at the Fountain of Life Center in Florence Township, which drew a response from at least 100 emergency teams from five counties, reported. The fire eventually caused the roof of the church to collapse entirely while threatening a nearby K-12 school on Monday night.
No injuries have been reported in connection with the fire, according to CBS Philadelphia, and authorities have opened an investigation to determine what may have caused it. Russell Hodgins, a senior pastor at the Fountain of Life Center, told the station that he saw the roof of the church cave in during the blaze and called the destruction of the building"a devastating loss."
As flames engulfed the front of the church, Hodgins said that a dome and a cross previously displayed on the roof of the Fountain of Life Center collapsed into the sanctuary. Robert Tharp, the administrator of the Florence Township Fire District, said that the fire was particularly difficult for crews to manage because the building was so large, according to CBS Philadelphia.
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