An eight-alarm fire broke out at the Fountain of Life Center’s church building on Columbus Boulevard in Florence Township on Monday.
will hold a family service at the Burlington Township High School’s Performing Arts Center on Sunday, less than a week after an eight alarm fire destroyed the church’s main building, including its sanctuary.
“This Sunday is going to be a great time coming together,” Lead Pastor Russell Hodgins said in a video posted Friday on the . “Is there incredible sadness? There is. Are we overwhelmed? Yes, but we are not overcome. God is our help and our strength.”at the Fountain of Life Center’s church building on Columbus Boulevard in Florence Township on Monday.
More than 50 fire departments, fire companies and agencies responded to the fire and firefighters were still extinguishing hotspots on Tuesday. The Burlington County Board of Commissioners said the fire was the largest since 2013, when an 11-alarm blaze engulfed the Dietz and Watson plant in Delanco.Due to limited seating capacity, Hodgins said the church isto attend the in-person service, scheduled for 11 a.m. The high school is located at 610 Fountain Ave. in Burlington.
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