BATON ROUGE — This week in WBRZ history, a fire destroyed The Caterie and the neighboring Claitor’s Bookstore and Southdowns Liquor along Perkins Road.
The fire, which happened on Jan. 1, 2010, burned through the night as the 2010s began. It wasn’t until noon on New Year’s Day that Baton Rouge Fire crews arrived, requiring nearly 100 firefighters to put it out.
Firefighters later said that the fire caused Caterie’s roof to cave in. A day later, crews still sprayed water on hotspots in The Caterie, where $55,000 worth of musical equipment sat in the music studios on the second floor. Some of the equipment was salvaged, but most was destroyed…