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Firefighters work at the scene of a fire at the rectory of St. John the Evangelist Church in Townsend on Dec. 21. Pilot photo/courtesy Shirley Fire Dept.
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TOWNSEND A fire broke out in the rectory of St. John the Evangelist Church on the morning of Dec. 21, devastating the residence but leaving the church untouched.
The only person in the rectory at the time was the parish s pastor, Father Jeremy St. Martin. Smoke alarms alerted him to the fire on the first floor just before 2 a.m., and he initially tried to put it out using a fire extinguisher, burning his hands in the process.