Destructive fire ruined Historic East Village Church

Helen Dunmore
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East Village, Manhattan: Historic 19th century East Village Church destroyed with destructive fire at vacant building. On Saturday early morning massive red and orange flames were shot out through the nearby building window and covered up all the building including within some hours.

East VIllage Church destroyed by massive fire, Manhattan
East Village Church, Manhattan Lost its beauty today early morning in fire


At 5 am six fire alarms were began on the first floor at 7th street in East Village, the church located behind the building. People that are living near this church was crying at that moment, well no doubt it’s a sad and heart-wrenching incident that will never going to faint in our minds for years.

Footage of Fire in East Village Church


According to firefighters, their units arrived less than 5 minutes with heavy equipments. They set their position and circle up the area; almost 200 firefighters were in action at that time and responded to this sad incident. “Fire was caused by electric wiring of building”, Fire Marshals said.

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“It was a bad incident for sure the 19th-century church lost its beauty the sanctuary is not in good shape now, and tiffany stain windows are no more”, Church Minister Amanda Ashcraft said. Although this incident hasn’t left any serious injury and the credit goes to firefighters quicker and responsible response.

red and orange flames are burning our eyes


Our souls are crying on this heart-wrenching incident the beauty of our beloved Church is no more. Massive waves of heart-wrenching social media posts are hitting social media.


East Village, Manhattan


East village was occupied by the Lenape Native Americans-they move for fishing during the summers to hunt and grow crops during the winter and in fall. Manhattan was first bought by Peter Minuit in 1626. This old Church is extremely loved by Christians.

people sad tweets on this heart wrenching incident

People running out from the building to the streets looks like the end of the world for us. But, Thanks to God, no major injury was recorded. Blaze caused minor injuries to firefighters.
We are sad but, hopeful God will help us!

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Helen Dunmore

Hey, I'm Helen Dunmore an article writer from London Ontario, Canada. I had done a master's in mass communication and M.Phill in political science and attended many College Journalism Broadcast programs where I wrote and won. I previously had attended Humber College for media studies which included writing for television and news. I have written several publications for many news related websites. Have experience more than 7 years, yeah quite a lot for you. I love writing, an expert in article writing. Currently doing article writing for many blog posts and work as an author for many web sites. Reading is my hobby, love books more than anything in my life.

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