SC firefighters battle blaze at black church

Associated Press

Officials said firefighters battled a blaze at a prominent black church in South Carolina on Tuesday night.

The Post and Courier newspaper reported that crews battled the fire at Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greeleyville. The church was burned to the ground by the Ku Klux Klan in 1995.

State Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel told the paper that the fire could have been started by lightning from a storm that recently rolled through the area, but he could not say for sure until an investigation after the fire is out.