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• Large house fire near Government Street sparked by overloaded power strip Play Video

  May 11, 2022 2:17 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A home just off Government Street was engulfed in flames after it caught fire Wednesday afternoon. Fire investigators said an overloaded power strip sparked the fire that demolished the two-story home at the corner of Wisteria Street and S. 17th Street around 1 p.m. Firefighters... more »

• Crews battle massive apartment fire in Gardere area overnight

  February 28, 2022 9:11 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A large fire collapsed the roof of a two-story apartment building off Gardere Lane late Sunday night. The St. George Fire Department said crews arrived shortly after 10:30 p.m. to find flames spewing from the roof of the apartment building on Ned Avenue. The building was... more »

• Cooking accident may have caused deadly fire in East Feliciana Parish

  May 10, 2021 3:17 PM

  CLINTON - Officials believe a cooking-related accident may have led to a deadly fire in East Feliciana Parish last week. The fire happened around 11 p.m. Thursday at a mobile home in the area of 12000 Robins Road. The fire killed a 43-year-old man believed to be the homeowner,... more »

• American flag burned, torn as vandals mistakenly target law practice with similar name as the D.A.

  June 5, 2020 12:44 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Vandals set fire to a large American flag hanging from a Perkins Road business overnight and sprayed graffiti on the sign out front. The vandalism was at the law offices of Charles Moore, whose name was circled in paint with "step down" and "resign" written on... more »

• State Fire Marshal's Office: Senior citizen dies in house fire

  April 26, 2020 5:12 PM

  IBERVILLE - Officials with the State Fire Marshal's office say a man in his sixties died during a house fire in Plaquemine Sunday afternoon. Members of the Plaquemine Fire Department were dispatched to a house fire within the 58000 block of W W Harleaux Street around noon, and reported... more »

• Red Cross assisting 10 people after house catches fire

  April 18, 2020 6:30 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Firefighters extinguished a house that caught fire early Saturday morning. Around 1 a.m. fire crews responded to a house fire in the 4000 block of Provost St. near Roselawn Memorial Park. According to the residents of the house, when they heard a noise outside they... more »

• House fire near Staring Lane displaces two residents

  April 5, 2020 4:40 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A house near Staring Lane was engulfed in flames Sunday morning. Around 11 a.m. the Baton Rouge Fire department responded to the house located in the 9000 block of Avis Ave. According to BRFD, moments after fire crews began to put out the blaze the... more »

• Officials identify victim killed in house fire on Flag Street

  March 1, 2020 10:39 AM

  EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH - Fire crews are investigating a fatal house fire on Flag Street that left one man dead. Coroner Beau Clark's Office identified the victim killed in the house fire to be 61-year-old Wilbert Alexander Jr. Officials say Alexander died from Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Officials... more »

• House fire on Chinn Street ruled arson

  April 12, 2019 7:47 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Investigators say arson is to blame for a house fire in Scotlandville early Friday morning. The Baton Rouge Fire Department reported to 1000 Chinn Street near Central Road around 2 a.m. Friday. Firefighters found an abandoned vehicle in the blaze along with a vacant home. Crews... more »

• Duplex destroyed in fire on Skysail Avenue, arson suspected Play Video

  May 30, 2017 1:51 PM

  GARDERE - Investigators suspect arson is the cause of a fire that destroyed a duplex apartment building in the Gardere area Tuesday. According to the St. George Fire Department, the fire was reported around 12:20 p.m. in the 8000 block of Skysail Avenue. The fire was brought under control... more »

• Report: State Fire Marshal to join Lamborghini fire probe

  January 20, 2016 8:14 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The State Fire Marshal's office will join the investigation into a burned luxury car. WWL TV in the New Orleans area reported state investigators will start their work Thursday morning. The Lamborghini was found burned on Opportunity Avenue in Baton Rouge Monday. It was owned by... more »

• Contractor hired to move monuments finds $200K Lambo destroyed Play Video

  January 19, 2016 1:32 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A pricey supercar belonging to the Baton Rouge contractor who was hired to move several Confederate monuments in New Orleans was found burned to a crisp Tuesday morning. The attorney for David Mahler said his client's Lamborghini, valued at more than $200,000, was destroyed by fire... more »