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Blaze rips Dorchester church
posted by
Michael Zoldessy
on
February 25, 2009 at 7:54 am
DORCHESTER, MA — The former Franklin Park Theatre witnessed a devastating fire over the weekend.
A five-alarm fire ripped through the sanctuary of a Dorchester church early yesterday morning, charring the altar and displacing worshippers for months to come.
New Fellowship Baptist Church on Blue Hill Avenue was left in shambles after the fire, which destroyed a piano and baptismal pool, melted balcony-level seats and caused the ceilings above the altar and conference room to cave.
Read the full story in the Boston Herald.
Comments (2)
I saw news photos and TV tape made after the fire and the interior, although a real mess, was not destroyed and could be rebuilt. When the church took over this theater they really did not alter it very much inside. The exterior of the building was not damaged. It had almost 1400 seats when it was a movie and stage theater.
The most upsetting thing about this is that someone did it on purpose.