A Universalist Church in New York City has been struck by a massive lightning bolt, setting the building on fire during severe thunderstorms that hit parts of New York and New Jersey, leaving almost 225,000 people without power.
According to the New York police, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Queens was hit by a lightning bolt and caught fire during a thunderstorm that rolled through the area on Tuesday evening.
About 60 firefighters responded to the blaze on the roof and the third floor of the sanctuary, according to the FDNY.
Christian Post reports that the fire was contained to those areas and put out in within 30 minutes. The sanctuary, however, sustained enough damage to make it unusable for the time being, according to a post on the church's Facebook page.
"The steeple was completely burned, but FDNY was able to extinguish the fire before additional structural damage occurred. However, there is considerable water and smoke damage to the sanctuary and to the basement fellowship hall behind it," noted the church in the post. "We won't know the full extent of the damage until there is an inspection."
Authorities said no one was injured in the fire.
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