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• BRFD investigating vacant house fire near Spanish Town Road

  December 5, 2020 5:10 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Firefighters are investigating a house fire that happened Friday night. Around 11:10 p.m. the Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to the 800 block of N. 20th street near Spanish Town Road and North 22nd Street. Fire crews arrived on scene to find the front portion... more »

• Firefighter injured while responding to house fire

  February 23, 2020 6:42 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Another vacant house was set on Sunday and a firefighter was injured while working to extinguish it. Around 2:50 p.m., firefighters responded to 2554 Cable Street near 110 Interstate in reference to a house fire. Upon arrival, first responders found the house engulfed in flames... more »

• Fire destroys vacant home on S. Amite Drive

  September 19, 2017 7:51 AM

  UPDATE: Around 5 p.m. Tuesday evening, fire investigators returned to the house and have determined the cause of the fire to be electrical and not arson. BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Fire Department is investigating the arson of a vacant home on the 16000 block of South Amite... more »

• Residents want shuttered Jack in the Box gone Play Video

  May 2, 2017 6:37 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A closed Jack in the Box at the corner of Coursey Blvd. and Stumberg Lane have some people upset over the big mess that's been sitting vacant for years. The grass is overgrown, the building's boarded up and the doors are locked. That building has that... more »

• BRFD: Vacant house fire determined to be arson

  April 2, 2017 12:00 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A vacant house fire that took place on Missouri Street was determined to be caused by arson, according to the Baton Rouge Fire Department. According to BRFD, firefighters were called to the 2100 block of Missouri Street at 4:49 a.m. Sunday morning. Firefighters arrived at... more »

• Skeleton discovered in vacant home in Baker Play Video

  June 8, 2016 11:57 PM

  BAKER - After searching a vacant home in Baker when a skull was found Wednesday, LSU FACES Lab investigators discovered a human skeleton. Baker Police said the skull was found in a residence in a neighborhood on Sherron Avenue off of Groom Road Wednesday night. Thursday afternoon, police said... more »

• Eight fire trucks needed to battle fire on Jones Creek Rd.

  February 4, 2016 9:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Saint George and East Side Fire Departments faced some challenges battling a fire in a vacant storage building Thursday afternoon. The building in the 4500 block of Jones Creek Rd. near Coursey Blvd. was about 1500 feet off the road, making it difficult for crews... more »