Fire contained at warehouse at Port of Greater Baton Rouge

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Firefighters responded to a warehouse fire at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge on Saturday morning.

According to the West Baton Rouge Fire Department, crews were called to the port around 11:30 a.m. after a fire broke out involving a conveyor system used to load materials from a warehouse to the Mississippi River.

When firefighters arrived, heavy smoke and flames were visible on the conveyor system that runs over a large warehouse toward the river…

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