LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles fire investigators are trying to determine what sparked a blaze at a historic church over the weekend in the Watts neighborhood that charred the roof and interior of the nearly 100-year-old sanctuary.
The fire at St. John’s United Methodist Church in the 1700 block of Santa Ana Boulevard started about 11:20 a.m. Saturday in vegetation outside the church before spreading inside the two-story house of worship, according to preliminary information from the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Roughly 80 firefighters battled the blaze for nearly an hour before finally extinguishing the fire, according to LAFD.
