BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A fire just after midnight Wednesday at a Louisiana church was deliberately set, investigators said.
The Baton Rouge Fire Department, in a news release, said it happened at Broadmoor United Methodist Church in Baton Rouge around 12:15 a.m.
When firefighters arrived, authorities said they found the church’s detached meeting room, which is used as a Boy Scout and Girl Scout location, engulfed in flames, news outlets reported. The blaze was contained within 15 minutes.
The fire didn’t spread to the church’s main building, but the meeting room was totally destroyed.
There were no reports of injuries.
No arrests have been made. Anyone with information about the fire, which has been ruled arson, is asked to contact fire investigators at 225-354-1419.
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