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WEBVTT >> ST. PATRICK’S CHURCH IN WAREHAM HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS. THE HISTORIC 78-YEAR-OLD CATHOLIC CHURCH IS CLOSED TONIGHT, AFTER SUFFERING HALF A MILLION DOLLARS’ WORTH OF DAMAGE DURING A 3-ALARM FIRE OVERNIGHT. >> WHEN THE FIRST COMPANY ARRIVED, HE HAD SMOKE COMING FROM THE BUILDING. WOODFRAME, BIG BUILDING, OLD BUILDING. >> AS THE FIRE GREW, MUTUAL AIDE WAS CALLED. BUT ONSET FIREFIGHTER CONRAD FERNANDES DIDN’T JUST HAVE HIS STATION CALLING HIM, HIS FIANCE DALIZA WAS CALLING. BECAUSE THE CHURCH THAT WAS ONE FIRE, WAS SUPPOSED TO HOST THE COUPLE’S WEDDING IN A MATTER OF HOURS. >> I JUST FIGURED IT WAS A FALSE ALARM AND THEY GOT THERE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS AN ACTIVE FIRE AND WE ALL JUST STARTED SCREAMING. >> MY GUYS WERE BEING CALLED OUT I WAS LITERALLY ON THE PHONE WITH DALIZA AND MY PHONE STARTED GOING OFF CAUSE I’M NOT RESPONDING TO MY PHONE. >> AS SOON AS THE SUN WAS UP, CONRAD AND HIS GROOMSMEN STARTED CALLING CATHOLIC CHURCHES. AND MOVED THE WEDDING TO A CHURCH IN DARTMOUTH. THE BRIDE AND GROOM SAY THE CEREMONY WAS BEAUTIFUL, THANKS TO FRIEND AND FAMILY WHO JUMPED INTO HELP, AND CELEBRATE A DAY THAT ALMOST WENT UP IN FLAMES. X MAYBE 10 YEARS MAYBE EVEN TOMORROW I’LL LAUGH ABOUT IT , BUT I AM STILL IN SHOCK. >> FIRST THING HE SAID WAS IT DOESN’T MATTER WE’RE GETTING MARRIED TOMORROW, WE’LL FIND ANYWHERE IT DOESN’T MATTER WHERE, YOU’LL BE MRS. FERNAND TOMORROW. >> THE COUPLE SAYS THE FIRE WAS EVEN MORE UPSETTING, BECAUSE THERE BOTH MEMBERS HERE AT ST. PATRICK’S AND ARE CATECHISM TEACHERS. THEY LIKE ALL OTHER PARISHIONERS WILL BE CELEBRATING MASS AT THE PARISH HALL, WHILE THE CHURCH IS REPAIR

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A Massachusetts church that a firefighter was supposed to be married in burst into flames hours before the ceremony.The historic 78-year-old St. Patrick’s Church in Wareham closed after a three-alarm fire caused $500,000 in damage. Warham is about 55 miles south of Boston. “When the first company arrived, he had smoke coming from the roof of the building,” Wareham Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Patrick Haskell said. As the fire grew, firefighters from other towns responded. Onset firefighter Conrad Fernandes didn’t just have his station calling him -- his fiancee was calling, as well. The church on fire is the church that was supposed to host the couple’s wedding Saturday. “I just figured it was a false alarm and they got there, and they said there was an active fire and we all just started screaming,” DaLiza Fernandes said. “My guys were being called out, and I was literally on the phone with DaLiza and my phone started going off because I’m not responding to my phone,” Conrad Fernandes said. Conrad Fernandes and his groomsmen started calling other Catholic churches for a new ceremony location. The couple moved the wedding to a church in nearby Dartmouth. The couple said the ceremony was beautiful, thanks to a family friend who jumped in to help. “I can definitely smile about it and think that it’s crazy, but maybe in 25 years or maybe 10 years, maybe even tomorrow, I’ll laugh about it. But I’m still shock because it’s definitely blowing my mind,” Conrad Fernandes said. “First thing he said was, 'It doesn’t matter, we’re getting married tomorrow. We’ll find anywhere. It doesn’t matter where, you’ll be Mrs. Fernandes tomorrow,' and so that kind of helped me a lot,” DaLiza Fernandes said. The couple said the fire was even more upsetting because they are both parishioners and Catechism teachers at St. Patrick’s.This report originated from WCVB-TV.