BATON ROUGE - Fire officials have ruled arson as the cause of a vacant house fire early Saturday morning in a neighborhood off Highland Road.

The Baton Rouge Fire Department said firefighters were checking their equipment outside their station around 6:30 a.m. Saturday when they noticed smoke coming from down the street.

Crews then found a vacant house on Kentucky Street with fire coming from its roof. The flames were extinguished before they spread to neighboring buildings, but the home was a total loss.

Fire officials later determined the blaze was intentionally set. Anyone with information about the fire should contact investigators at (225) 389-2050.