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MASSIVE FIRE: Fire destroys building many call a piece of history

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — UPDATE 9:30 P.M. - Action News Jax reporter Dani Bozzini went to the building damaged in a fire on Wednesday evening.

Firefighters swarmed the area and were able to put the fire out just before 7 p.m.

Witnesses tell Bozzini that the flames were higher than the building at one point.

Two woman tell Bozzini that the building damaged in the fire was the abandoned, old Bethelite Conference Center. These woman say this building was a piece of history.

No one was injured in the fire and Yolando Reese, a witness, told Bozzini that, "God protected and covered us so we're thankful for that and hopefully there was nobody in there and things are fine and nobody got hurt."

UPDATE 6:40 P.M. - The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department said that the building fire is under control.

UPDATE 6:35 P.M. - The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department has called the fire marshal to the building fire.

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Posted by Action News Jax on Wednesday, November 13, 2019

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April Wilson

April Wilson

April Wilson is a digital content producer for Action News Jax.