PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A fire broke out early Monday morning at a vacant building in West Philadelphia, formerly home to the Greater White Rock Baptist Church.

Flames were first reported around 3:45 a.m. at the building at 56th and Market.

The fire quickly escalated to a second alarm as crews observed flames throughout the structure.

Several hours later, firefighters could still be seen spraying water where the stained glass used to be.

The outer walls of the old church are all that remain.

"I got scared because I'm thinking the same thing that my dad thought, that it was going to either blow up or come across. Thank God it didn't get none of the houses though," said Siani Steward of West Philadelphia.

Steward says she remembers the church while growing up.

Property records show it

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