NEW ORLEANS — Firefighters in New Orleans are investigating the cause of a wharf fire on Monday night. They say they got the call at 8:39 p.m. of a possible boat fire near the intersection of Patterson Road and Wiltz Street in Algiers. When they arrived 13 minutes later, a large portion of wharf was already heavily involved in flames. They say fire crews ran hose lines across the Mississippi River levee in an attempt to reach the fast-growing fire that was partially restricted by marsh and trees.
Eighteen NOFD units carrying fifty-five Fire Operations personnel were used in this incident. There were no injuries reported.
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