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Woman rescued from roof in fire at former church

The Columbian
Published: April 19, 2015, 5:00pm

OLYMPIA — Firefighters in Olympia rescued a woman from a former church after flames drove her to the roof.

The Olympian reports that firefighters were called to the site at about 2:30 a.m. Monday. The building had been empty for years. Most recently it was Capitol City Studios. It originally was the Foursquare Gospel church of Olympia.

A ladder truck rescued the woman from the roof about an hour before it collapsed. A man who also was on the roof jumped off, hurting his ankle, and ran away.

Olympia Fire Lt. Right Mier said early Monday that the building collapsed and is a rubble pile now.

They didn’t know if anyone was inside, although the woman said she believed it was empty.

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