Baton Rouge firefighters spent Tuesday afternoon battling a fire that involved multiple units at The Provincial & The Crillon Apartments on North Foster Drive. The blaze grew into a two-alarm response, pulling additional crews to the complex.
Crews were called just after 3 p.m., according to WAFB. The complex sits at 1401 North Foster Drive, near Gus Young Avenue and not far from Florida Boulevard. Smoke and flames were visible when firefighters arrived at the scene.
Two Alarms and No Reported Injuries
The fire started as an apartment fire involving several units and turned into a two-alarm incident, which the station's report explains means additional crews were needed to fight the blaze. The Baton Rouge Fire Department said no injuries were being reported at that time.
Beyond that, the picture is thin. The station's account does not say how the fire started, how much damage it caused, or how many residents may have been displaced. Those details had not been released as of the initial report.
A Separate Foster Drive Fire Raises Questions
A separate report from WBRZ said the cause of an early morning apartment fire on Foster Drive had been ruled arson. That report noted the building had 30 units and that only three were damaged, mostly by smoke. Nothing in the available reporting ties that fire to Tuesday's afternoon blaze, so readers should not assume the two are connected.
Another Baton Rouge Apartment Fire Hit Earlier This Year
Apartment fires have already displaced Baton Rouge families this year. In June, a two-alarm fire at the Hidden Pointe Apartments on Wentling Avenue, off South Sherwood Forest Boulevard, left a man and two children hurt, WBRZ reported.
Fire officials said everyone was evacuated before the flames consumed the entire attic, and the Red Cross was called out to help at least 37 displaced residents. The cause of that fire remained unknown at the time of the report.
