A 143-year-old church caught fire near Philadelphia on Monday and could have been a total loss. But when it happened, nearly every member of a fire department a mile away happened to be at the station for a weekly meeting. So they got there in less than three minutes and saved the church.
16 firefighters were on scene in less than three minutes. The pastor thinks the response time and professionalism of the firefighters was one of the big reasons the church was saved.
It may be several weeks or even months before regular worship returns to the church, but it will return. In the meantime the cause of the fire is still under investigation.