St. Paul steeple catches fire after suspected lightning strike

Firefighters battle structure blaze in Warrens ignited by lightning strike

WARRENS, Wis. (WKBT) -- Thirty-seven firefighters from six different agencies battled a structure fire in Warrens that started from a lightning strike early Friday morning.

Steeple of historic St. Paul church catches fire

A video posted on the Fire Department’s Facebook page showed flames shooting from the steeple atop the Trinity Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Steeple fire at historic St. Paul church likely sparked by lightning

A lightning strike may have been the cause of a steeple fire at a historic church in St. Paul on Thursday, the fire department said. The fire didn’t extend into the church in Frogtown and no injuries were reported. The Gothic Revival church on Farrington Street at Sherburne Avenue was built in 1902 by Trinity Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, according to the website of Historic St. Paul, a nonprofit preservation organization. St. Paul Fire…

Church fire in St. Paul believed to have been started by lightning strike

The St. Paul Fire Department said that just before 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, crews were called to the 500 block of Farrington Street for a report of a church on fire.

St. Paul church steeple catches fire after suspected lighting strike

A steeple at a St. Paul church caught fire after it was reportedly struck by lightning Thursday evening.

St. Paul steeple catches fire after suspected lightning strike

A suspected lightning strike set the steeple of a century-old church ablaze Thursday afternoon in St. Paul's South Frogtown.