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Historic Philadelphia Church Destroyed In Fire, Ruled Arson, $20K Reward Offered Historic Philadelphia Church Destroyed In Fire, Ruled Arson, $20K Reward Offered
Historic Philadelphia Church Destroyed In Fire, Ruled Arson, $20K Reward Offered The fire that destroyed the historic St. Leo's Catholic Church in Philadelphia's Tacony neighborhood was intentionally set, according to fire officials. The fire broke out at the St. Leo The Great Roman Catholic Church on Keystone Street and Unruh Avenue at approximately 5:15 p.m. and burned through most of the building in two hours. A wrecking ball knocked down the remains of the building on Monday after the Keystone Street facing wall that remained, “posed an imminent danger to the neighborhood and prevented investigators from getting inside to try and determine the fire's cause,” the f…

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by Jillian Pikora