KALAMAZOO, MI — A church building in Kalamazoo was engulfed in a fire.

The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety responded to a report of a fire about 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, in the area of Phelps Avenue and Charles Avenue, KDPS said.

The property at 416 Phelps Avenue is owned by Open Door Church of God in Christ, according to property records.

KDPS Fire Marshal Scott Brooks said the structure was found “heavily involved” and investigators currently did not know the origin or the cause as of Wednesday afternoon. Neighbors called in the fire, he said, and no one was inside the building when firefighters arrived.

It is an active church, he said.

Investigators do not have any indications that the fire is suspicious, he said.

Firefighters fought the fire from the exterior and the roof and walls collapsed, he said. Once stabilized, firefighters went inside to finish putting it out.

KDPS called in the city’s public services department to assist. The department provided a front-end loader to help move materials as firefighters extinguished the blaze.

KDPS asked people to avoid the area Wednesday afternoon, calling it an active fire.