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Spire collapses as fire consumes Milwaukee's Trinity Lutheran Church

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church downtown Milwaukee is a historic Milwaukee landmark.
Posted 9:19 PM, May 15, 2018
and last updated 2:47 PM, May 16, 2018

MILWAUKEE -- One of multiple spires collapsed as a four-alarm fire consumed a historic Milwaukee church Tuesday afternoon.

Chopper 4 was overhead and captured the collapse live.

The fire broke out at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, near the corner of 9th and Highland.

The building was constructed in 1847. 

 

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