Photo courtesy of the city of Knoxville (TN) Fire Department
Knoxville (TN) firefighters responded yesterday to a fire that damaged a Greek Orthodox church in the midst of the congregation’s Easter celebrations.
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The Knoxville Fire Department got a call about at fire at the West Knoxville church at 7 a.m., according to WBIR (http://on.wbir.com/1O7aYK8). The report said that when firefighters arrived, flames were shooting out of the sanctuary windows, but no one was inside the building at the time.
Knoxville (TN) Fire Captain D.J. Corcoran told reporters that the inside of the church was more or less gutted by the fire.
Smoke damaged the church altar, but firefighters managed to salvage several artifacts, the report said.
Read complete details about this incident at http://on.wbir.com/1O7aYK8.
Thanks to Mike Watiker (@mwatiker) for the tip.
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