Historic MA Church Destroyed by Fire

A massive fire that witnesses say was sparked by a lightning strike ripped through a nearly 150-year-old church in Wakefield on Tuesday night.
Oct. 24, 2018

A massive fire that witnesses say was sparked by a lightning strike ripped through the nearly 150-year-old First Baptist Church of Wakefield on Tuesday night.

More than 100 firefighters from two dozen communities responded to the seven-alarm blaze but were unable to save the building.

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