A volunteer using a small propane torch to clear weeds is reported to have accidentally started a fire at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, causing severe structural damage and forcing the church’s daycare to temporarily close and the school to temporarily relocate.
Pastor Richard Langness said the volunteer tripped, causing the torch to roll under a bush.
“It’s a stubborn grass; typically, a lot of people just burn the ends of it,” he said. “The gentleman was doing that; he tripped. He had one of those little propane torches that rolled under the bush. There you go.”…