Firefighters battling blaze at downtown Houston Catholic cathedral

Masses and events set for Friday have been canceled while administrators clean up the building, but ordinations for three priests will continue as normal Saturday, according to JoAnn Zuniga, a spokesperson for the archdiocese. 

Firefighters Friday morning battled a blaze at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in downtown Houston, officials said.

Emergency responders as of 7 a.m. were at the cathedral, in the 1100 block of St. Joseph Parkway performing extinguishing efforts after getting a call about a building on fire, according to the Houston Fire Department. The fire occurred at the newer building, Zuniga said.

There weren’t injuries to firefighters or residents, officials said.

Department officials were urging people to avoid the area because of heavy traffic.