Quebec community vows to rebuild Hudson church damaged in devastating fire – Montreal [Video]

A fire that tore through a historic 182-year-old church in the town of Hudson, Que., over the weekend has left area residents feeling a great sense of loss.

“You’re going to make me cry,” said Hudson Mayor Chloe Hutchison when asked about the blaze. “It’s so devastating.”

The fire broke out Sunday morning, possibly in the kitchen area, of  St-James Anglican Church and burned throughout much of the day.

The venerable Sophie Rolland, the priest of the church in the off-island Montreal suburb and archdeacon of the area, was in the building working at the time.

She was alerted to the fire by an alarm and the smell of smoke.

“As soon as I saw the flames and everything like that, I called 911. I tried to put them out as much as I could,” she said, but the fire spread quickly, creeping across the roof.

It was only at around 6 p.m. that firefighters, from several neighbouring …