Video and the Latest on Baltimore Church Fire
The helicopter from our sister station in Baltimore, WJZ-TV, was over the church fire at 800 West Saratoga as the burning steeple came crashing down. You can see that video here. Baltimore City Fire Chief William Goodwin said that 3 firefighters suffered relatively minor injuries.
The 50-year old building of the First Mount Olive Freewill Baptist Church is a landmark in West Baltimore. To see what the church looked like before the fire, you can find the church website here.
5:00 p.m. report can be found here.
A press conference with Mayor Sheila Dixon and Fire Chief William Goodwin (now back from Harvard) can be found here.
A slide show of images from the fire is here.
Not sure what to read into this, but Mayor Dixon and Chief Goodwin were meeting when the fire broke out.
