Six displaced after electrical malfunction causes house fire on Flora Lane
BATON ROUGE — A single-family home on Flora Lane caught fire Thursday afternoon after an electrical malfunction, displacing six.
The house fire was called in around 1:35 p.m. and Baton Rouge firefighters contained it by 1:58 p.m. Fire officials said they encountered light smoke and discovered embers in a bedroom near a window-mounted AC unit. The fire caused significant damage to the bedroom, with smoke damage affecting the rest of the home.
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Officials said the five adults and one child living in the home were already safely outside when firefighters arrived. The fire caused $105,000 in damages.