MARCH 3, 2015
HAINESPORT, N.J. (WPVI)
Fire heavily damaged a historic church in Hainesport,
Burlington County early Tuesday morning.
It broke out at 3:15 a.m. at Easton Bible Church in the 2400 block of Fostertown Road.
Associate pastor Steve Johansson told Action News he was up late because he couldn't sleep. He said he heard noises and then discovered the blaze in a building next to where he and his family live.
"I smelled some smoke. Our door faces the offices of the church, and saw flames coming out of the offices there, so I called 911," he said.
Johansson was able to get his family and several pets out safely, along with another family who lives on the other side of the building.
Firefighters arrived to find heavy flames coming from the structure. A second alarm was sounded almost immediately.
Crews brought in tanker trucks to help fight the blaze.
It broke out at 3:15 a.m. at Easton Bible Church in the 2400 block of Fostertown Road.
Associate pastor Steve Johansson told Action News he was up late because he couldn't sleep. He said he heard noises and then discovered the blaze in a building next to where he and his family live.
"I smelled some smoke. Our door faces the offices of the church, and saw flames coming out of the offices there, so I called 911," he said.
Johansson was able to get his family and several pets out safely, along with another family who lives on the other side of the building.
Firefighters arrived to find heavy flames coming from the structure. A second alarm was sounded almost immediately.
Crews brought in tanker trucks to help fight the blaze.
The fire mostly damaged church offices and didn't appear to
heavily damage to main sanctuary of the church, which has stood since the
1800s.
Even places of worship are not spared from fires. Life.