THE PASTOR of a fire-damaged Newquay church has thanked God that Sunday's blaze didn't start 30 minutes earlier – when toddlers were in the building.
Five fire crews tackled the flames that destroyed a room where a new soup kitchen was under development at the United Reformed Church on Bank Street at 1pm.
Andrew Mitchell said he and colleagues had just finished a post-service prayer meeting when a colleague smelt burning.
They discovered thick black smoke in the crèche room,...
