Marsh fire: one down, two to go
 

The New Orleans Fire Department announced this afternoon it extinguished a chunk of the marsh fire that has smoldered in eastern New Orleans since last August. The now-extinguished 4.27 square mile plot leaves two other still-smoldering hotspots of undetermined sizes that the NOFD will continue to battle, and they're not likely to go anywhere any time soon.? [ Read more ]

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