UPDATE (5:40 a.m.) All roads are back open.

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St. Joseph Police are asking residents to avoid the area of 9th and Angelique Thursday morning until a house fire is under control.

According to police, a call came in around 4:15 Thursday morning reporting a vacant house was on fire. The structure is fully engulfed and the fire department is working to keep it from spreading to nearby buildings. 

Ninth street from Sylvanie to Messanie is closed as well as 10th from Messanie to Sylvanie and Angelique from 8th to 10th. Road closures are in place until further notice.