SALT LAKE CITY — Australian news outlets reported a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was destroyed in a fire early Monday.

Crews were called to the fire in Hebersham in west Sydney about 3 a.m. Monday (10 a.m. Mountain time on Sunday), 9 News in Australia reported.

No one was inside the building at the time of the fire, the outlet reported.

Fire and Rescue NSW inspector Steve Perkins told the outlet firefighters were able to prevent the fire from reaching the chapel within the meetinghouse.

Photos show severe damage to a large portion of the building.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

The church released a statement on Monday morning after the fire was put out:

We are saddened to confirm that an overnight fire has caused significan

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