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Church Fire In West Baltimore

Reported by: Ryan Dooley
Email: dooley@wmar.com
Contributor: Dave Clark
Last Update: 7/02 4:07 pm
Frank Reid, pastor of Bethel AME Church, says a weekend service will be held at Pier Six Pavilion at the Inner Harbor until a fire-damaged steeple and bell tower are secured at the church's West Baltimore location.

Reid says the church will hold one communion service, instead of its normal two, at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday. He says the church hopes to return to its home on the second Sunday of this month.

Baltimore fire officials are blaming lightning for Wednesday's two-alarm fire that damaged the church at Lanvale Street and Druid Hill Avenue.

Fire Department spokesman Chief Kevin Cartwright says the churchwas vacant at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
A lightning strike is believed to have sparked a fire in a church steeple in West Baltimore. It started just after 11 Wednesday night.

The two alarm fire caused serious damage to the steeple at the Bethel A.M.E church on W. Lanvale Street.

There is no word of any injuries at this time.

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