Crews from the St Joseph Fire Department were dispatched to the 700 block of North Ninth Street early Monday morning to the report of a house on fire.
Dispatched at 5:42am, the first crews arrived about five minutes later. They reported a pair of St Joseph police officers with fire extinguishers were already on the scene.
Light smoke was reported and officials believed the fire was under control. Efforts to ventilate the structure were underway a short time later.