Baton Rouge Fire Department responds to two vacant house fires, one of the homes left abandoned after previous fire

BATON ROUGE – The Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to two vacant house fires early Saturday morning, according to authorities.

The first fire occurred on Provost Street around 12 a.m. on Saturday. While firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to nearby homes, the vacant house was a total loss.

Investigators at the scene determined that the fire had been intentionally set, the department said in a press release…

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