Fire Decimates California Church

Sept. 16, 2007
Firefighters said it took more than two hours to extinguish the blaze.

RIALTO, Calif. --

A three-alarm fire charred a 117-year old Rialto church Saturday.

Firefighters, who arrived at the Rialto Bible Fellowship Church shortly after midnight, said it took more than two hours to extinguish the blaze.

Investigators said the church was the city's oldest, and that they are looking into what might have caused the blaze.

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