PEMBROKE TOWNSHIP, In poor health. (WLS) — A fireplace broke out Friday morning at a vacant church in Pembroke Township, police stated.

The hearth began round 2:30 a.m. at Christian Hope Missionary Baptist Church within the 3900-block of South Essential Road, police stated. The constructing was totally engulfed when police and firefighters arrived on the scene.

Nobody was contained in the church on the time of the hearth, police stated. Firefighters labored to place out the flames by pouring water on the constructing.

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The church has been deemed a complete loss after the construction was practically fully destroyed, police stated.

A trigger for the hearth remains to be not recognized presently, police stated. The State Hearth Marshal is investigating the incident.