Nightly News | August 30, 2011
Marsh fire burns in New Orleans
A marsh fire burning in eastern New Orleans forced the mayor to declare a state of emergency. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.
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This content comes from Closed Captioning that was broadcast along with this program.
>> do. how about a fire to further darken the sixth anniversary of katrina in new orleans ? this is a marsh fire burning in eastern new orleans . a swampy marsh out there. once these fires start they usually burn themselves out to the water line . they're hard to put out. but look at the air quality in new orleans today. the mayor decided to fight it from the air and declared a state of emergency . now four black hawk helicopters from the state national guard , with buckets of water affixed to them have been deployed. they'll fight it 500 gallons at a time. the wind has swept into to several louisiana parishes . a lightning strike started this fire and it may take until next week's predicted rains there to finally put it out.