DRAMATIC VIDEO shows fire sweeping through Mansfield church

This is the scene of a church fire in Mansfield this morning.
By The Newsroom
Published 9th Oct 2016, 13:19 BST
Updated 25th Oct 2016, 14:34 BST
The video shows the church, located on Bosworth Street, engulfed in flames.The video shows the church, located on Bosworth Street, engulfed in flames.
The video shows the church, located on Bosworth Street, engulfed in flames.

Firefighters arrived at the Pentecostal Church on Bosworth Street at 8:42am this morning (Sunday, October 9) after the one-storey building caught fire.

A video sent in by a Chad reader shows the church engulfed in flames with most of the roof destroyed.

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Officers from all over the region including Mansfield, Ashfield, Edwinstowe, Warsop and Alfreton battled the blaze for more than two hours.

One monitor and three hose reel jets were used to extinguish the fire, which was reported out at around 11am.

Firefighters are now trying to determine what caused the fire.

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