Fire at a vacant house next door caused some worries for the historic “Cracker House” in St Joseph. Fire was reported early Monday morning at the vacant home at 902 Main Street. That home was destroyed, with damage estimated at $30 thousand.

Embers from that fire sparked a secondary fire next door at the historic home of Frank Sommer, creator of the Saltine Cracker.

That house, at 1007 Main, was recently listed among Missouri’s Most Endangered Historic Properties. It sustained $5,000 damage according to inspectors with the St Joseph Fire Department.

The cause of the blaze is listed as undetermined.