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• WBR Fire: Wood chips burning in fire at Port of Greater Baton Rouge Play Video

  March 7, 2026 1:08 PM

  BATON ROUGE — A fire broke out at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge Saturday morning after wood chips caught fire on a conveyor system used to load materials onto ships along the Mississippi River. Firefighters with West Baton Rouge Fire and EMS responded just before noon with assistance... more »

• Firefighters extinguish car fire on Ascension Parish highway Monday morning

  August 19, 2025 9:24 AM

  GONZALES - No one was injured after a large car fire just off an Ascension Parish highway Monday morning. The Galvez-Lake Volunteer Fire Department posted pictures of the car fire, which happened at Chip's on Highway 44. No one was injured, and the GLVFD thanked the St. Amant... more »