The six-alarm fire broke out in a four-story building downtown overnight,and cleanup was expected to maintain parts of the area closed throughout the dayA stubborn six-alarm fire blanketed section of downtown New Orleans in eye-stinging smoke early Wednesday and forced the closure of historic Canal Street between the city’s central commerce district and the French Quarter.
The blaze broke out in a largely empty four-story building and damaged an adjacent building. Flames were no longer visible and smoke had greatly diminished by daybreak, but firefighters kept regular streams of water pouring onto the structures from ladder trucks and from the street. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com