BATON ROUGE - Square Space Storage on South Choctaw Drive has become a recurring scene for Baton Rouge firefighters, now responding to three separate fires in seven months.

The first fire, in April, destroyed the front building and remains unsolved.

“That one is still in an open investigation status. The cause remains undetermined,” Billy Zachary with the Baton Rouge Fire Department said.

A second fire in August resulted in the arrest of 45-year-old Derrick Toran, after investigators say security footage showed him walking away from a smoking unit. That fire caused more than $250,000 in damage.

On Wednesday, firefighters returned once again, this time to find flames and thick smoke pouring from one of the units. The fire spread to others before crews brought it under control in roughly

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