STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Police are investigating an attempted arson that torched the inside of St. Paul's Memorial Episcopal Church in Stapleton Sunday afternoon.

At around 2:20 p.m., emergency units arrived to a fire inside the Episcopalian church, located at 225 St. Paul's Ave., that was caused by a glass bottle filled with accelerant, according to an NYPD spokeswoman.

Police say an unidentified individual intentionally chucked the incendiary device through the front window, resulting in a small fire inside the church.

NYPD officials on scene said the church was "fire-bombed" with a device representative of a Molotov cocktail.

Nobody was injured during the fire and the church sustained only minor damage, the spokeswoman said.

No arrests have been made and the investigation is on-going, she added.

According to police, the fire-bombing is being investigated as a hate crime by the NYPD's Hate Crimes units.

NYPD Crime Scene units remained on scene late into Sunday evening.