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Douglas County Mennonite church destroyed by blaze

CHESTERVILLE, IL — An early-morning fire Friday destroyed a western Douglas County church that’s at least 40 years old.

“We did see fire through the roof,” Arthur Fire Chief Chris Helton said of what firefighters encountered around 2:15 a.m. as they pulled up to the Sunnyside Mennonite Church on Illinois 133, just east of Chesterville.

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