BRFD: Abandoned commercial building along Evangeline Street catches fire over weekend
BATON ROUGE — An abandoned commercial building along Evangeline Street caught fire over the weekend.
According to the Baton Rouge Fire Department, crews were called to the fire just after 11 p.m. on Sunday. When firefighters arrived, they found the vacant building near the intersection of Evangeline and Annette streets engulfed in flames.
Within five minutes, crews contained the fire, but the building was ruled a total loss.
A BRFD investigator is currently working to determine what caused the fire.