An extra-alarm fire broke out during the early morning hours at the Shrine of Christ the King Church at 64th Street and Woodlawn Avenue in Chicago. More than 150 firefighters battled the three-alarm fire before bringing the flames under control.
Chicago firefighters battle a blaze at the historic Shrine of Christ the King Catholic Church in the 6400 block of Woodlawn Avenue, on October 7, 2015.Chicago firefighters gaze at the destruction after gaining control of a fire at the historic Shrine of Christ the King Catholic Church in the 6400 block of Woodlawn Avenue, on October 7, 2015.Water cascades down the steps of the Shrine of Christ the King Catholic Church in the 6400 block of Woodlawn Avenue, due to a three alarm fire which broke out at the historic Chicago church on October 7, 2015.Deputy Fire Commissioner, John McNicholas, gives a press conference outside the heavily damaged 92-year-old Christ the King Catholic Church located in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago on October 7, 2015.Water pours down the steps of the historic Shrine of Christ the King Catholic Church on October 7, 2015, as Chicago firefighters work to extinguish the blaze that devastated the 92 year-old church located on the 6400 block of Woodlawn Avenue.Chicago firefighters work to battle a blaze that broke out during the early morning hours at the historic Shrine of Christ the King Catholic Church in the 6400 block of Woodlawn Avenue, on October 7, 2015.Chicago firefighters battle a blaze that broke out during the early morning hours at the 92 year-old historic Shrine of Christ the King Catholic Church in the 6400 block of Woodlawn Avenue, on October 7, 2015.Fire crews pump large volumes of water through the roof of the Shrine of Christ the King Catholic Church on Chicago’s Woodlawn Avenue as they attempt to bring a three-alarm fire under control on October 7, 2015.
