Fireworks display cut short due to small fire on launching barge

BATON ROUGE - The annual Fireworks on the Mississippi display was cut short this year due to a small fire on the launching barge. A Baton Rouge Fire Department said a boat is on the way to put it out. The fireworks show was scheduled to start at 9 p.m. and run until around 9:20. It stopped half-way through due to the fire. It is unclear how the fire started. No more information was immediately available. Permalink| Comments