Massive fire destroys historic church in Philadelphia's Tacony neighborhood

The fire broke out around 5:30 p.m. at St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church near Unruh Ave and Keystone Street.Suzanne McErlain Vrana captured video of the flames shooting through the church's roof as she was traveling south on I-95.A driver traveling on I-95 captured this video of a church fire in Philadelphia's Tacony section on May 9, 2021.

St. Leo's merged with Our Lady of Consolation in 2013. The church closed in 2019 as a place of worship and was later added to theThe former pastor of the church told Action News the historic structure was just sold last month and was going to be rented out to be used by religious groups. No injuries have been reported, but the flames did spread to the former rectory right next door, displacing the family who lives there."People say a church is a building, but St. Leo's was more than that to us. We made all our sacraments here," said Ann Marie Kuvik of Port Richmond.

As the church burned, people shared wedding photos from the 1960s, class photos from St. Leo's Catholic School, and childhood memories."This church, this whole school is a very big part of our childhood. It's very sad. It's heart-wrenching to see this today," said Matthew Clemons who was an altar boy at St. Leo's."When this happened I kind of just grabbed it and stuck it in my pocket and came down," she said.

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