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• Arsonist sets fire to Levera Street home overnight

  July 6, 2021 9:22 AM

  BATON ROUGE - First-responders were called to the scene of an intentionally set fire at a vacant home in north Baton Rouge early Tuesday. Officials with the Baton Rouge Fire Department rushed to the 4300 block of Levera Street shortly after 2:18 a.m. Tuesday, and found smoke emerging from... more »

• Fire officials search for arsonist behind Monday evening's Wenonah Street blaze

  January 26, 2021 6:12 AM

  BATON ROUGE - On Monday (Jan. 25) evening, a fire broke out at a home in a residential area off Plank Road in north Baton Rouge. Officials with the Baton Rouge Fire Department say they were dispatched to a reported house fire in the 3200 block of Wenonah Street... more »

• Fire officials: Flames consume vacant home off Plank Road, arsonist responsible Play Video

  June 15, 2020 5:19 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Early Monday morning, firefighters were dispatched to a house fire that consumed a vacant home off Plank Road. Officials with the Baton Rouge Fire Department rushed to the 3200 block of Roppolo Street and arrived shortly after midnight to find the home completely consumed in flames.... more »

• Convicted arsonist pleads guilty in new arson cases

  March 6, 2020 9:32 AM

  WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH - A Baton Rouge man, who is a convicted arsonist, has pleaded guilty as charged in two new arson cases investigated by the State Fire Marshal’s Office last year. On Wednesday, March 4, William Wise, 60, entered a plea of guilty to two counts of Simple... more »