article_snippet: Firefighters desperately tried to battle a fierce blaze that took hold of the 124-year-old building at around 6.30am on Monday morning but it has been left gutted.
article_snippet: ’ 80 firefighters attended the scene to battle the blaze at St James church in Brighton, in Melbourne's south-east .
article_snippet: The cause of the fire has not yet been established.
article_snippet: MFB will determine The cause of the fire the fire and then if MFB's suspicious MFB will be passed on to police,’ a Victoria Police spokesperson said.
article_snippet: More than 80 firefighters and 20 trucks were at the scene where the church was fully alight on Monday morning.
article_snippet: 20 fire trucks were at the scene of the fire at the church .
article_snippet: Residents watching the fire were cleared from the area because of asbestos. 
article_snippet: It's about 50 by 40 metres apparently the blaze is, the structure, so
article_snippet: An advice notice put out by MFB spokesperson David Jarwood said: ‘Emergency services are attending to building fire in North Rd Brighton.
highlights_snippet: 80 firefighters and 20 trucks were at the scene in south-east Melbourne .
  
highlights_snippet: MFB crews were called to the scene of the blaze at 6.30am on Monday .
  