Firefighters in Bergen County battled a multi-alarm fire that ripped through a church in Franklin Lakes on Wednesday morning.
According to preliminary reports, firefighters raced to the Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament, located in the 700 block of Franklin Lakes Road at around 1:35 a.m., to investigate reports of a fire.
When crews arrived at the scene, they found smoke billowing from the one and a half story church, which forced them to signal a second then third-alarm for manpower according to reports.
Firefighters stretched several lines to extinguish the stubborn blaze and were able to get inside the church to check for trapped or injured occupants.
One person suffered unspecified injuries that were not immediately identified as life-threatening, according to reports.
The Bergen County Prosecutor's Arson Investigations Unit were called to the scene to assist in the investigation.
The cause of the blaze has not been released at this time.