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Spire collapses as fire consumes Milwaukee's Trinity Lutheran Church

Posted at 4:19 PM, May 15, 2018
and last updated 2018-05-16 10:47:10-04

MILWAUKEE -- One of multiple spires collapsed as a four-alarm fire consumed a historic Milwaukee church Tuesday afternoon.

Chopper 4 was overhead and captured the collapse live.

The fire broke out at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, near the corner of 9th and Highland.

The building was constructed in 1847.