Firefighters work two arson cases overnight; Second fire at one address this weekend
BATON ROUGE - Fire fighters dealt with two arsons overnight, one burned what was left of a duplex on the fringe of downtown.
Early Sunday morning, firefighters were once again called back to a S. 10th Street building for a fire. The building, a duplex, was previously set ablaze Friday. The fire then sent smoke billowing over the interstate, briefly hampering the Friday evening rush.
Around 5 a.m. Sunday, someone set the rubble on fire again.
"The extent of the damages from the previous fire left [the building] a total loss in value. The fire that took place this morning burned what was left," the Baton Rouge Fire Department said Sunday.
The S. 10th fire was the second overnight.
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Just before midnight, someone set a vacant house on fire in the 2600 block of Canonicus. Firefighters arrived on scene to find the house fully engulfed in flames; The building was destroyed.