BATON ROUGE - Seven people escaped an early morning house fire that happened on Wilmot Street and Elm Drive.

The Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to the call just before 5 a.m. and got the fire under control by 6. According to a BRFD spokesman, the fire started in a bedroom.

No injuries were reported. Fire investigators are attributing the blaze to an overloaded electrical outlet.

The Red Cross was called in to assist the displaced family.