Fire starts at LDS church service in Mass.

Associated Press

Published: Sunday, May 17 2009 10:58 a.m. MDT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A fire that began during Sunday morning services at a crowded

Massachusetts church has quickly spread through the decades-old

building and gutted it.About 300 people were inside the meeting

house of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Boston

suburb of Cambridge. Officials say everyone was able to make it outside

safely.Fire Chief Gerald Reardon says the blaze started in the building's attic.Witnesses say attendance at the church was larger than usual because the parish was part of a national teleconference with Mormon church leaders in Utah.The roof of the 60-year-old building collapsed, but the steeple remains standing.

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