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NEW ORLEANS — A disabled barge spilled more oil into the Mississippi River on Wednesday, forcing authorities to close a 2-mile stretch to ship traffic for six hours.
Traffic had just returned to normal Tuesday on a 100-mile stretch of the Mississippi that was closed for six days after a tanker split the barge.
The barge had been loaded with 419,000 gallons of heavy bunker oil, much of which spilled July 23. Investigators don’t know how much additional oil spilled when one part of the barge that had been leaning against a bridge support shifted early Wednesday.
