UPDATE 1/13/26 10:05 AM: A public affairs officer with the US Coast Guard says the fire conditions have improved significantly since last night, and they might be able to put out the fire later today.

A Jan. 12 fire on a barge carrying junk cars and scrap metal forced a temporary traffic closure in the Mobile Shipping ...

A shipping channel in Mobile is currently closed to traffic after materials aboard a barge caught fire. According to the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Mobile, the vessel was located south of the Africatown ...

UPDATE (6 p.m.): News 5 spoke to several downtown Mobile residents and business owners, who said the smoke from the early morning barge fire had become overbearing. Michael Lanar was visiting his ...