the founding pastor of the church benjamin holmes, still buried in the basement. >> now the international federation of chaplains that holding a press conference, they tell me that someone was in the church, some are after midnight, they don't know what happened this fire right now under investigation by the prosecutor's office. >>> well in other news people in union county new jersey woke up to a new year's surprise. >>> they had a furry visitor. meg baker is live in summit. >>> cindy and alex, neighbors here got quite a new year's surprise. we're standing off ashland road which may be the most popular street because because of this guy up in the tree. check out the scene earlier. >> many say this is the best thing to happen yet. an alert around 8:00 a black bear spotted high in a tree. neighbors were out early this new year's day. >> i looked out my window, there was a bear in the tree, she was like, there is a bear she was like, there is a bear in the tree over there. we just ran to the car to come see the bear. >> kids and parents had their heads turned to the sky to get a peek of the

the founding pastor of the church, benjamin holmes, still buried in the basement. >> reporter: members say they plan on rebuilding. >> we want to make sure and let the public know that we're here and we're not planning to go anywhere. >> reporter: while they wait to determine how to resurrect their church, members say they will be looking for another building to rent for their services. in west orange, new jersey, christine sloan, cbs2 news. >> the essex county prosecutor's office says it is aware of building code 2015. but it is unclear whether the violation led to the fire. the church has canceled sunday services. >>> investigators are calling a deadly fire in bed-stuy brooklyn suspicious. one person was killed in the fire that broke out around 3 p.m. today in a brownstone on jefferson avenue. the fdny says it's unusual that the fire started on the stairs between the second and third floors. the flames then spread up to the fourth floor. according to a neighbor, a brother of the man who was killed tried to save him. >> he tried to help his brother get out and he couldn't. the fire wa