BATON ROUGE--Baton Rouge Fire department responded to a house fire on Avenue A around 6:00 p.m. yesterday. 

When firefighters arrived, smoke was coming from the back of the house. 

Fire officials said the fire started when someone used a lighter to to search for something, while the other person was was refilling a portable generator. 

The home was ruled a total loss. 

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