Fire damages Massachusetts church after Easter services

A hearth broke out at a Massachusetts church not lengthy after Easter companies, with greater than 100 firefighters working to save lots of the 114-year-old construction.

The hearth began at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday on the Religion Lutheran Church in Cambridge. Firefighters from 18 engine corporations and eight ladder corporations responded, Appearing Hearth Chief Tom Cahill mentioned.

A part of the roof collapsed, however the principle construction and the steeple have been nonetheless standing. Video of the multi-alarm hearth confirmed heavy smoke coming from the steeple.

No accidents have been reported. The reason for the hearth was below investigation.

It wasn’t instantly clear when the final companies had ended on the church.

The Rev. Robin Lutjohann, the church’s pastor, mentioned the constructing was empty on the time. He known as hearth “heartbreaking.”

“It’s a place that’s beloved by the group,” Lutjohann advised WHDH-TV. “There’s an indication in entrance of the constructing, a banner that we’ve put up there, ever since COVID, in the course of the season of Easter, which says, ‘We are going to rise.’ And we’ll.”