Barge fire reported on Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish 6%

By NOLA.com staff report3%

7/19/2026, 12:05:00 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Primacy Effect, Unattributed Quote, and Negativity Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 39.4% saturation with 63 hits. Analysis detected 153 faulty-reasoning hits from 160 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 21.3% and a BS Rank of 6% (20,732 of 21,886 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 94.70% of the article peer group.

Area firefighters responded Saturday to a barge fire on the Mississippi River just above the Huey P. 
Long Bridge, authorities said. 
The Bridge City and Jefferson Parish Eastbank Consolidated Fire Departments dispatched firefighters just after 5 p.m and found two boats applying water to the barge just upriver from the bridge. 
The parish fire crews, however, were not able to access the fire from the land, spokesperson Rachel Strassel said. 
Kimberly Curth, a spokesperson for the Harbor Police and the Port of New Orleans, said a port fire boat responded to the fire, but she said the incident does not involve port facilities or property. 
The U.S. 
Coast Guard in New Orleans also received reports of the fire. 
Petty Officer Cheyenne Basurto said at about 7:30 p.m. that the Coast Guard is on standby if assistance is necessary, but is not currently involved in the response. 
No further information was available. 
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160 words analyzed.

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Writer's voice • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 30 words • 0.0% coverageRachel Strassel • 19 words • 100.0% coverageKimberly Curth • 35 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageCheyenne Basurto • 28 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverage
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Cheyenne Basurto

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0%5.0%10.0%Unattributed Quote-5.1 ptsWriter: 5.1%Cheyenne Basurto: 0.0%0.0%

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