Bethel A.M.E. Church Fire Harrisburg, PA
November 21, 1995
The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church at Sixth and Herr streets, was destroyed by arson early on the morning of November 21, 1995. A burglar, apparently angry because he couldn't open an empty safe, used cans of Sterno to start a blaze in the hallway that soon consumed the 115-year-old church and caused an estimated $1.5 million damage. |