Landmark Destroyed: Historic NY Church Gutted by Fire
Landmark Destroyed: Historic NY Church Gutted by Fire
Landmark Destroyed: Historic NY Church Gutted by Fire. The sounding of five alarms can't save the Church of Saint Matthew & Saint Timothy on New York's West side. 120 children were at Bible classes when the Sexton discovered smoke. They were safely evacuated, but the flames quickly spread through the 72 year old structure, a Victorian Gothic structure that was tastefully ugly. TLS/MSs - smoldering ruins of church. MS - firefighters using fire hose, fire hydrant in BG. High angle. LS - fire trucks & police cars parked in narrow street. Nice MS - five firemen wearing helmets & oxygen tanks walking along sidewalk, away from camera. Panning TLS - fire hose mounted on ladder squelching smoldering fire. TLS - five white men standing on roof of adjacent building, watching firefighters, one man filming event with small camera. H/a LS - spray from fire hose on church fa ade. TLS - eight firefighters pushing street-parked car away from scene. TLS - firefighters using fire hose from sidewalk. TLS - fire in church archway, tilt up ruins.