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Baton Rouge daycare shut down temporarily due to early morning fire
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A Baton Rouge daycare is temporarily closed following an early morning fire on Thursday, June 5.
According to the St. George Fire Department, crews responded around 12:15 a.m. to Smartee Pants Preschool Academy and Daycare, where they found a fire burning outside the structure. Firefighters quickly extinguished the flames, and no injuries were reported.
Utilities to the building were shut off, and the daycare will remain closed until those services are restored and the extent of the damage is fully assessed.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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