Four-Alarm Blaze Destroys NJ Church

Aug. 8, 2023
Vineland firefighters said the fire in the roof area traveled fast.

Firefighters in New Jersey battled a church fire for two hours Monday night before bringing it under control.

Investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fire that destroyed the Voice of Deliverance New Covenant Church in Vineland, CBS reported. 

The fire displaced residents living in a unit at the back of the property. But no injuries were reported.

"They tried to knock it down and it just started traveling through the whole roof area. And we went right away to a second alarm to get some more manpower, some more aerial devices, and then the fourth alarm would bring another aerial device," Vineland Fire Chief Luigi Tramontana Jr. told reporters at the scene.

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