BATON ROUGE - The wall of an apartment building was burned Tuesday afternoon when a water heater malfunctioned and caught on fire. 

According to the Baton Rouge Fire Department, the fire happened around 3:30 p.m. at the Armstrong Apartments along Burbank Drive. Firefighters said the outer wall of an apartment building was burned, damaging three units. 

There were no injuries and the apartment complex is finding a new unit for one of the residents.