Meanings of charred beams in English

My church is now just a concrete footprint and a few charred beams.

The walls of her house had burned away, leaving only charred beams, flagstones and the fireplace.

The roof of the house had been burnt, and the charred beams were lying on the ground.

Where the house had stood was a mound of twisted iron girders, charred beams and broken slates.

Blackened uprights stood among charred beams and planks while crockery and iron pots and pans were scattered all around.

The gate opened upon a narrow alley, encumbered now with charred beams and heaps of refuse from a burnt house across the way.

Burned walls were bulging out over the street and half- charred beams were obstructing the way, obliging the vehicle to zigzag through the smoking rubbish.

I rubbed my eyes, looked again, and made out on the spot of the camp, not my waggon, but some charred beams of wood.

Smoke was still curling up from the charred beams and rafters of the cottages, and the destruction had evidently taken place but the day before.

Everywhere is a chaos of charred beams, twisted girders, broken masonry, and smouldering ashes, with forlorn groups of inhabitants wandering in search of missing relatives.

Charred beams crisscrossed within.

"And the wooden floor and stairs, too." Evan stared down at the jumble of charred beams.