Cross, Bibles untouched by flames in church fire in West Virginia

COAL CITY, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — Several Bibles and crosses survived a fire at a church in Raleigh County.

The Coal City Fire Department said a fire broke out just before 1 a.m. Sunday at Freedom Ministries Church in Grandview.

The fire department said at times, the fire was so hot firefighters had to back out of the building.

Despite the intensity of the fire, the fire department said no Bibles were burned and none of the crosses were damaged.

The fire department said no firefighters were injured while fighting the fire.