A historic church in New Brunswick was destroyed by a fire early Sunday morning.
Volunteer
firefighter Rick Hunter says the blaze started at the 138-year-old
catholic church on the Kingsclear First Nation reserve near Fredericton
at about 1 a.m.
He
said about 30 firefighters were able to save two stone walls and the
church's cross, and the flames were extinguished within 15 minutes.
Hunter says the cause of the fire is not known and could not say if it is suspicious.
He says community members are grief stricken and have been gathering outside the church to look upon the rubble.
On Saturday, the century-old Victoria Presbyterian Church in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, was also destroyed in a fire.