BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Baton Rouge Fire Department is investigating an apartment fire that happened early Saturday morning on Prescott Road that officials believe was intentionally set.
Firefighters responded to the 5500 block of Prescott Road around 5:40 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, after a passerby reported a fire. Upon arrival, crews found flames around the door of a second-floor apartment.
As firefighters began to put out the fire, two people ran out of the apartment and left the scene, officials said…