Local residents describe seeing flames and 'smoke everywhere' before the roof caved in.
Image caption,"It's terrible, the whole church was on fire - smoke everywhere. It's extremely sad because it's a very old church and it's ruined now."
Firefighters used three ladders to spray water on to the building, including two 34m ladders and one 64m ladder that is the tallest of its kind in Europe. Households in the area were previously advised to keep windows and doors closed, and police asked the public to avoid the area to allow emergency services to work.
Survived being hit by an enemy bomb in 1941 during World War Two, with work to rebuild its spire being completed in 1955
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