Fire crews respond to vacant house fire on Jefferson Avenue; blaze ruled arson

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BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Fire Department believes a fire at a vacant home on Jefferson Avenue was intentionally set early Monday morning.  

Crews responded to the fire just after 3 a.m. 

Fire officials said the front porch of the home was completely engulfed by flames when they arrived on scene.  Crews were able to contain the fire a few minutes later, before it spread to the rest of the home.