Coast Guard responds to vessel fire on lower Mississippi River

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is responding to a vessel on fire on the lower Mississippi River near Greenville, Mississippi, Wednesday.
Coast Guard Sector Lower Mississippi River watchstanders received a report at 7:20 a.m. of the towboat Leland Speaks adrift and on fire on the lower Mississippi River.
Towboats gained control of the vessel and pushed it aground at mile marker 509.
The Leland Speaks...