Firefighters contain abandoned house fire at corner of Aster Street, Nicholson Drive
BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge firefighters worked to put out a fire on Aster Street near Nicholson Drive on Friday.
Firefighters and other emergency officials responded to the scene around 2:47 p.m.. The blaze overtook the roof of a likely-abandoned house and Baton Rouge Fire worked to contain it. According to fire officials, the fire extended to the building's right side.
A majority of the fire was out by 3:45 p.m., but "a few hot spots" remained.
Baton Rouge Fire said that they are still investigating what caused the fire and that no one was injured.