FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin On the morning of January 12, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) reported a fire aboard a barge moored on the Mobile River near the Africatown Bridge in Mobile, Alabama. As reported, the fire originated in the cargo hold containing vehicle scrap metal and quickly spread, engulfing a large portion of the cargo. River traffic in the area was temporarily halted as the Mobile Fire Department deployed fireboats to contain and extinguish the blaze. RelatedNews Federal prosecutors file charges over deadly Baltimore Key Bridge collapse Iranian vessel reportedly on fire days after US navy operation var jnews_module_21362529_0_6a04e27970767 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21362529","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"447,74,31,2115","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_tab":"","google_publish