Lightning strike may have caused N.J. church fire, neighbors say

Lightning may have started a church fire in Bergen County, New Jersey, on Thursday morning, neighbors say.

Residents who live along Broad and Madison streets in Carlstadt say around 9 a.m., lightning struck the Iglesia Bautista Hispana Church.

“There was a big bolt of lightning, very loud and very bright. And when I looked out, I saw sparks fall onto the church,” neighbor Diana Pra said…

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