ST. PAUL, Minn. – Fire heavily damaged a 75-year-old church in St. Paul. No one was Eastside Seventh Day Adventist church in the Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood. The steeple toppled in flames that lit up the night sky. The interior was gutted. The fire was reported about 9 p.m. Fire crews had to break their way inside the locked building.

STP church fire EATS SIDE 7TH DAY ADV - Winona Journal

Cause being investigated. Fifty firefighters were dispatched to the scene. Image; St. Paul Fire Department