[iowamark]

[Norm Lenhart]

Muslim or Homo? Doubt it was an accident.

[thecodont]

I thought “decimated” meant only one tenth was destroyed. The author could have said “severely damaged” and been more accurate.

[muir_redwoods]

Decimated? It was reduced by 10%? Looks worse than that.

[ConorMacNessa]

Waiting for comments from B Hussein Obama on "church burning."

Oh, never mind - it's only a Christian Church. Nothing to see here - move along citizens!



America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[publius911]

St. Nicholas Church, founded in the city 90 years ago, was decimated by fire Saturday afternoon.

Buildings can't be "decimated." A single anything can't be decimated.
Only populations, large groups of people, or at the very least, a large number of things can be decimated.

[Katnandu]

Wow. I live in the town next to where this church is located. Sirens were going off all afternoon in my town as our volunteer fire services assisted in putting out the fire. I went into a local shop late in the day and asked the owner if he knew why sirens were blaring all afternoon. His reply... I hear my church burned down. :(
Why us everyone on this thread being so nasty? Sad.
Have a nice Sunday.

[mojo114]

Thanks for posting. This Greek Orthodox church has a wonderfully active community and is loved in the area. Such a shame and the fire will be investigated.

[Salvation]

May the rebuild bigger and with more members!

[matt04]

In Somers (NW CT, bordering MA) a church burned in Jan 2012. It was ruled suspicious.

The sanctuary portion, which was destroyed, was built in the 1870’s IIRC, while a addition in the late 1990’s and 60’s were damaged. In the Somers case, code only required new or renovated construction meet current codes. These codes required proper egress, lighting, etc. However, they did not require monitored fire alarms, only local to notify people in the building. Because of that the FD only was notified when a resident several houses down smelt and saw heavy smoke in the area and called 911.

In the Danbury case, I doubt people were (legally) in the building at the time, and if alarms weren’t monitored it’s too late to do anything.

This was supposedly taken showing the first responding units in Somers. A church will go from smoke to fully involved in minutes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cvg2j480dE

[Biggirl]

God Bless my Eastern Rite Catholic brothers and sisters.

[Alex Murphy]

St. Nicholas Church is a Byzantine Catholic Church. While it uses the rites of the Greek Orthodox Church, it is part of the Roman Catholic Church. The church first was located on Roberts Avenue near Western Connecticut State University in 1923. Having outgrown that small chapel, it moved to its new location on Pembroke Road and opened its doors to parishioners in 1996.

Where's Bill Clinton and his childhood memories when you need them?