INDIANA TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A two-alarm fire has destroyed the roof of a church in Allegheny County.
A Channel 11 crew driving by saw heavy smoke coming from Trinity United Church of Christ on Saxonburg Boulevard in Indiana Township.
We confirmed the 2-alarm blaze broke out around 3 p.m.
Video from Drone 11 showed extensive damage to the church’s roof.
Rev. David Mears tells Frederick Price that he was inside, preparing for Sunday’s service, when he smelled something off, which led to the discovery of flames in the attic.
“This is tough. I said to somebody a little bit ago, I feel like sitting down and crying,” Mears said. That’s not going to work right now. We’ll start working out and figuring out how the church and the people. we are the church, how we’ll continue to be a presence in this community.”
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