Two firefighters were injured Friday morning battling a fire in a Brooklyn church.
The fire broke out around 6:30 a.m. at the Iglesia Presbyterian Memorial Church at 186 St. John’s Place in Park Slope.
The city Department of Building’s website lists the building, built more than 125 years ago, as a landmark.
It took firefighters two hours to bring the blaze under control.
Parishioners were shocked to learn of the fire and now are wondering
how long they will be without a place of worship.“That’s my second home,” said a parishioner. “I’m so nervous right
now because I love my church. And it’s a big surprise this morning.”“It’s a great loss,” added another church member. “I said, how hard
it is when you lose your house and this is our house, and we are all
sad, very sad.”The two firefighters were taken to Methodist Hospital with minor injuries.
No word yet on the cause of the fire.
