Crime & Safety
Extra-Alarm Fire Breaks Out At Humboldt Park Church (VIDEO)
UPDATED: Flames could be seen coming from the church's steeple Tuesday morning.
CHICAGO, IL — Firefighters responded Tuesday morning to an extra-alarm fire that broke out at a West Side church, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Flames could be seen coming from the steeple of the Salvation and Deliverance Ministries International in Humboldt Park.
The department received a call of the fire at around 8 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, at West Pierce and North Spaulding avenues, according to authorities. Fire crews were able to extinguish the fire fairly quickly, but a small blaze was still burning in the peak of the church's steeple at 1540 N. Spaulding Ave.
No injuries have been reported, the fire department said.
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Fire still burning in peak. Main church building is OK pic.twitter.com/clUU14e9ci
— Chicago Fire Media (@CFDMedia) February 20, 2018
Extra alarm fire at Salvation and Deliverance Ministries International Church is still being fought. pic.twitter.com/s8T93FWvGP
— Chicago Fire Media (@CFDMedia) February 20, 2018
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Photo via Chicago Fire Department
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