BATON ROUGE - Emergency crews responded to a house fire Wednesday morning.

The call for a house fire in the 200 block of Eddie Robinson came in shortly after 8:30 a.m. According to a release, the cause of the fire was a faulty air conditioning unit.

The fire was contained to the room where it started, but the rest of the house did receive heavy smoke damage.

Details are limited at this time. Check back for updates.

BRFD working house fire on Eddie Robinson Drive. You can see some flames in the window — have been put out since this picture was taken @WBRZ pic.twitter.com/TtlC0YHT4u

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