(WPXI) – A church collapsed and sent debris out into the street in Brighton Heights on Monday. Neighbors described that it sounded like an explosion inside the church on McClure Avenue, and there were pieces of the church and shattered glass all over the property. Church member Curtis Ramey was cutting the grass and cleaning up the inside of Christian Fellowship Center Church of God in Christ in preparation for this Sunday’s service. “I decided I was going to leave and go home. I got home and was home for 40 minutes and I got a phone call that the roof caved in,” Ramey said. It would have been the first time the congregation met met since the pandemic started. Pastor Frank Tillman Jr. told Channel 11 they were expecting close to fifty people. The church has been there for over a century. Church officials say insurance will cover some of the damage but not all of it.