In a Facebook post, the Grand Blanc Township Police Department said there is “NO threat to the public at this time” and that “the church is actively on fire.”

Authorities directed people on site to a reunification pavilion to the north and said offsite reunification is at the Trillium theater at Holly and McCandlish.

Residents were urged: “PLEASE AVOID THE AREA!!” Further details, including victim conditions, were not immediately released by police.