A charred shell is all that remains of a once majestic church on the Acadian Coast of northern New Brunswick.
Fire tore through St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church in Bas-Caraquet, N.B.,this weekend.
The call came in Sunday afternoon, and although fire crews thought they had the situation under control, they received another call at 4:00 a.m. on Monday.
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“They called every fireman around here and that’s the result. We just lost out church,” said Roger Chiasson, Mayor of Bas-Caraquet, a town located roughly three hours north of Moncton.
The church is located along the main street of the village, and the smell of smoke was still thick this afternoon.
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Alfone Albert lives in the area and has a familial connection to the hallowed ground, with his parents having been married inside.
He says the loss of the building will hit the older generation of parishioners the hardest.
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The church recently underwent a campaign to keep the church, receiving $50,000 from the village for exterior work.
Chiasson admits that the church is the heart of the village.
There’s still no word on the official cause of the fire.
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