LYNN, MASS. (WHDH) - Firefighters battled a fast-moving fire that damaged two buildings, including a church, near the intersection of Chestnut Street and Thompson Circle Friday night in Lynn.
Crews could be seen using ladder trucks to fight the fierce flames, which sent a plume of smoke billowing into the sky and reduced the church structure to a pile of rubble.
“I was just sitting on my couch, and I heard sirens,” said witness Jason Watts. “I had a police scanner, so I turned it on. I heard ‘flames,’ so I looked out my window, and I could see them shooting into the air.”
The Lynn fire chief said the fire went to five alarms before it was brought under control and that all firefighters are accounted for and there were no reported injuries.
Officials say six people are displaced as a result of the fire.
Crews were still applying water to the church on Sunday morning to ensure all hot spots were out. The remainder of the building will be demolished.
The cause remains under investigation.
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