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...three-alarm fire interrupted last Sunday's services at the Congregational church on Garden street, causing an estimated $500,000 damage to the roof, ceiling and basement, according to Fire Department Captain Gerald R. Reardon...
...alarm system at the First Church in Cambridge, congregational alerted the fire department at about 1 p.m. Reardon said. sixty-five firefighters worked for about four hours to completely douse the flames...
...blaze began in the attic, a location especially difficult for the fire department to reach, Reardon said...
...Reardon said a malfunction with a 150-watt spotlight used to illuminate the window probably caused the fire. The lamp might have been dislocated when the window was re-installed last week, Reardon said...
According to Reardon, assistant sexton Gabe Paccio discovered the fire when he saw black smoke at the ceiling of the church and noticed flooding caused by the attic's sprinkler system. Paccio then shut down the electricity system and attempted to shut off the church's two sprinkler systems...