A LIGHTNING STRIKE IS THE PROBABLE CAUSE of a fire that destroyed one of Cleveland, Ohio’s oldest standing churches early Tuesday morning. The Euclid Avenue Congregational Church has been in Cleveland since 1843 and the attractive stone structure that burned was constructed 125 years ago.
1909 postcard view
The fire department received the alarm right away and were on the scene promptly, but the fire had already traveled into the roof area and it became well-involved rapidly. The fire was knocked down within an hour, but the instability of the walls dictated the use of aerial streams to work on the hot spots on through daybreak.
WEWS-TV Ch. 5 has this early video report from the fire scene:
Demolition crews are on the scene this morning, preparing to tear down the remains of the historic downtown structure located just a few feet away from the famed Cleveland Clinic.
WJW-TV Ch. 8 filed this 11-minute raw video:
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