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Fire envelops 115-year-old Philadelphia church

By John Gage
Published August 28, 2019 2:11am ET
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Fire envelops 115-year-old Philadelphia church
Members of Greater Bible Way Temple watch outside as the church burns. | (Margo Reed/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Firefighters struggled to contain a blaze that engulfed a 115-year-old church in West Philadelphia on Tuesday.

The inferno started at the Greater Bible Way Temple just before 3 p.m., causing sections of the building to collapse and one person to be injured.

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