BATON ROUGE - On Thursday (Jan. 7) morning, a fire that injured two people broke out in a Merrydale area home.

Officials say they were dispatched to the 7400 block of Greenwell Street shortly before 9:30 a.m., where they found two people suffering from non-life threatening injuries after fleeing from the home, which sustained significant smoke and fire damage.

At this time, WBRZ is working to obtain additional details related to the incident.

This is a developing situation, please check back for updates.