Not long after Easter services, a fire broke out at a Massachusetts church, with more than 100 firefighters working to save the 114-year-old building.
The fire broke out at around 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Faith Lutheran Church in Cambridge. Firefighters from 18 engine companies and eight ladder companies responded, Acting Fire Chief Tom Cahill said.
Part of the roof collapsed, but the main building and spire were still standing. Video of the fire with multiple alarms showed heavy smoke billowing from the tower.
No one was hurt. The cause of the fire was investigated.
It was not immediately clear when the last services in the church had ended.
Rev. Robin Lutjohann, the church’s pastor, said the building was vacant at the time. He called fire “heartbreaking.”
“It’s a place that the community loves,” Lutjohann told WHDH-TV. “There’s a sign in front of the building, a banner we’ve put up there since COVID, during Easter time, that says, ‘We will rise.’ And we will.”
