BATON ROUGE - A home was ruled to be a total loss after a fire early Tuesday morning. 

The East Side Fire Department said crews, including Baton Rouge and Central firefighters, arrived to the home on Ponderosa Drive to find a working fire around 4:26 a.m. The flames were bursting through the roof and rapidly damaged the building.

The home was vacant, and no injuries were reported. 

Investigators did not immediately reveal a cause for the fire but said the home was a total loss.