HAZLETON – The former St. Paul’s United Methodist Church here is in ruins this morning after a multi-alarm blaze.
Firefighters from Hazleton and surrounding areas were called to the church at West Green Street and Lee Court, next to the Hazleton Public Library, around 10pm Saturday night.
At least three alarms were struck, bringing crews from across southern Luzerne as well as northern Schuylkill and Carbon counties to the scene. Additional crews from neighboring counties covered the city.
The church had been vacant since 2004 and work to revitalize the Romanesque-style church, led by the Downtown Hazleton Alliance for Progress, had just been announced earlier this summer.
It had been built in the late 1800’s, opening in May 1899.
No injuries were immediately reported early Sunday morning.
Assisting Hazleton firefighters were crews from Hazle Township, McAdoo, Freeland, Foster Township (Luzerne County), Weatherly, West Hazleton, among others.
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