A barge hauling scrap metal caught fire in the Delaware Bay on Tuesday.

Delaware, Philadelphia and federal agencies continue battling a barge fire in the Delaware Bay as the vessel is towed to safer water near New Jersey.

The barge that caught fire on Tuesday in the Delaware Bay is owned by a salvage company in Camden, officials said.

Kirby Corp. signed an asset purchase agreement with Coastal Towing, Inc. to purchase from Coastal seven black oil tank barges and 13 inland towboats. The transaction, estimated at $17.1 million in ...