At 8:55pm the Volunteers from Green Ridge were dispatched to The Mount Hope Church for an automatic fire alarm. Seconds after Truck 63 under the went responding Fireboard advised that they were receiving numerous calls and that they were upgrading the assignment to a building fire. Truck 63 under the command of Lt Harris arrived and reported that there was a fire in the sanctuary. The fire was quickly knocked and the crews asked for ventilation. All hands were working for a little over an hour with ventilation and overhaul.
