{"id":33232,"date":"2026-07-04T19:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T23:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/lightning-strike-blamed-for-fire-at-medford-church\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T19:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T23:23:07","slug":"lightning-strike-blamed-for-fire-at-medford-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/lightning-strike-blamed-for-fire-at-medford-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning strike blamed for fire at Medford church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><span class=\"dateline\"><strong>PHILADELPHIA<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>A lightning strike is being blamed for a fire at a church in Medford.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Firefighters were called to the Fellowship Alliance Chapel in Medford for reports of a fire on the roof of the Worship Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The church said crews from over nine departments responded to the blaze, working &#8220;quickly and effectively&#8221; to gain control.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">No one was inside the building when the fire broke out. The church says a lightning strike is believed to have started the fire.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The extent of the damage done to the church remains unknown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>     Burlington CountyNews <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA &#8211; A lightning strike is being blamed for a fire at a church in Medford.\u00a0 What we know: Firefighters were called to the Fellowship Alliance Chapel in Medford for reports of a fire on the roof of the Worship Center.\u00a0 The church said crews from over nine departments responded to the blaze, working &#8220;quickly 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