2 people rescued from church building fire in Philadelphia’s Grays Ferry neighborhood

Officials say two people were rescued by firefighters and taken to the hospital following a church building fire in Philadelphia’s Grays Ferry section.

Flames broke out just after 7 a.m. on Wednesday inside an administrative building connected to the Abundant Life church on South 26th and Tasker streets.

Officials say that before they arrived, Thomas Lewis, the pastor of the church, saw the smoke and tried to rush inside to save a female coworker and her elderly father…

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