Fire engulfs Baton Rouge house, damages nearby homes

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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Investigators are working to determine what caused a fire that officials say destroyed one house and damaged nearby homes early Wednesday morning, Oct. 28.

According to the Baton Rouge Fire Department, firefighters responded around 5:20 a.m. to a house fully engulfed in flames on Badley Road near Heath Street.

Baton Rouge firefighters respond to a house fire on Badley Road early Wednesday morning, Oct. 28.(Baton Rouge Fire Department)

No one was inside, officials confirmed.

Firefighters said they contained the blaze to the house where the fire started, but two neighboring homes sustained heat damage.

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