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Crews battle 2-alarm fire at closed church in Tacony

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TACONY - Officials are working to discover what sparked a 2-alarm blaze that gutted a former church Sunday afternoon in Tacony.

Firefighters were called to the former St. Leo's Church on the 6600 block of Keystone Street around 5 p.m. Large flames engulfed the century-old building which sent thick black smoke billowing high enough into the air to be noticed on I-95.The Philadelphia Fire Department said the fire was upgraded to 2-alarms shortly after crews arrived.

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