PEMBROKE TOWNSHIP, Ill. (WLS) -- A fire broke out Friday morning at a vacant church in Pembroke Township, police said.
The fire started around 2:30 a.m. at Christian Hope Missionary Baptist Church in the 3900-block of South Main Street, police said. The building was fully engulfed when police and firefighters arrived at the scene.
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No one was inside the church at the time of the fire, police said. Firefighters worked to put out the flames by pouring water on the building.
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The church has been deemed a total loss after the structure was nearly completely destroyed, police said.
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A cause for the fire is still not known at this time, police said. The State Fire Marshal is investigating the incident.