Video: Flames Surround NJ Aerial Battling Raging Church Fire

Feb. 17, 2020
A bystander captured dramatic video of a fire department aerial as it helped tackle a massive blaze that destroyed the Shiloh Baptist Church in Elizabeth early Sunday.

A bystander captured dramatic video footage of an aerial surrounded by flames as it battled a New Jersey church blaze early Sunday.

More than 100 firefighters responded to what was initially a four-alarm blaze that broke out before hours before services at Shiloh Baptist Church in Elizabeth, WCBS-TV reports. No one was inside the historic building at the time, but the fire destroyed the 140-year-old church.