Church Roof Collapse Threatens Gas Line

Grand Junction - Firefighters, construction workers, and Xcel crews were put on high warning Monday afternoon after a church’s roof fall threatened a vast gas line in downtown Grand Junction. The fall happened along a easterly side of St. Joseph Catholic Church’s bishopric bureau opposite a travel on Sunday. The sagging roof was unresolved precariously over a gas scale connected to a vast gas line.

The church didn’t comprehend a dangerous conditions they had on their hands until a executive came out Monday morning to consider a damage.

“It’s a blessing this happened on a Sunday when no one was inside,” bishopric bureau manager Yolanda Bellgardt said.

Bellgardt pronounced about 9 employees and volunteers work in a bureau during a given time. All were told to stay home Monday.

Construction crews were means to stabilise a sagging roof with a flare lift and wooden beams. Xcel close off a gas during about 3:00 pm, and repairs are now underway.