A lightning strike caused Tuesday’s two-alarm fire at a Dundalk church, the Baltimore County Fire Department confirmed Thursday.

A lightning strike sparked the two-alarm fire that tore through a historic Catholic church in Maryland during a brutal heat wave earlier this week, Baltimore County fire officials confirmed. Crews were called to St.

Baltimore County firefighters were on the scene of a church fire Tuesday afternoon. The fire broke out at the Saint Rita Church in Dundalk.

Lightning strike data shows seven strikes occurred near the church just before the fire was reported. There were no injuries at the scene.