Browsing entries posted on Friday, August 28, 2009

• One person displaced by fire on North 38th Street

  Posted by Kimberly Vetter | Advocate staff writer | on August 28, 2009 at 7:45 a.m.

  One person was displaced Friday when his home was damaged by an early morning fire, a spokesman with the Baton Rouge Fire Department said in a news release.

  Firefighters were called to 1248 N. 38th St. at 3:25 a.m., Barry Mounce said in the release. They had the fire under conrol by 3:41 a.m.

  The person who lived in the home was not there at the time of the fire but showed up as firefighters were working, Mounce said.

  Investigators suspect the housse was intentionally set on fire, Mounce said. Anyone with information about the incident can contact the Fire Department at (225) 354-1419.

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