Fire engulfs historic wooden Brooklyn church, collapses steeple 17.1%
New York Daily News - By Roni Jacobson - 6/19/2026, 8:23 PM
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A massive blaze engulfed a nearly 200-year-old church in Brooklyn on Friday, causing the steeple to collapse and injuring a firefighter, FDNY officials said. The fire broke out around 1:20 p.m. at South Bushwick Reformed Church on Bushwick Ave. near Himrod St. and quickly escalated to three alarms, a FDNY spokesperson said. Videos and... more