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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

It's Wednesday, March 22nd.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning.

In the news this morning, a three-alarm fire tore through a Catholic school in Chestnut Hill on Tuesday afternoon.

The flames broke out at 345 at the Hour Mother of Consolation School located on East Chestnut Hill Avenue.

Heavy fire consumed the attic, roof, and classrooms in the building and eventually became so intense that it caused the roof to collapse.

It took about 120 firefighters to get the blaze under control just after 5 p.m.

One firefighter was taken to an area hospital for minor injuries.

All students were accounted for and no other injuries were reported.

Teachers with the after-school program say there were about 35 students between pre-K and fourth grade at the school.

Yesterday's weather was warm, so the students were already outside when the fire was spotted.

The fifth through eighth grade classrooms are what they were destroyed.

It's unclear what started the fire.

On Tuesday night in a letter to school families and parishioners, Pastor John Fisher and principal,

Patricia Sheets said classes will shift online for now. But despite the pain

of seeing the dramatic damage, Pastor Fisher says things could have been a lot worse. We are blessed.

No one was hurt. We can rebuild, said Fisher. We can restore a building, but not a life. So we put

this in God's hands. Yeah, I see that place all the time. And it has a really, you know, kind of

regal look to it and so well but if they

can rebuild it great yeah police in lower marian township are searching for the suspect who

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