Jamie Hinton, the volunteer fire chief of tiny Magnolia Springs, Ala., has a plan to use a blockade of barges to stop the Gulf oil spill from entering the Magnolia River. For a time, he went ahead with the plan, even though it might have landed him in jail. Members of the Fish River Marlow Fire Department work to anchor oil containment booms at the mouth of Weeks Bay in Magnolia Springs, Ala., June 6. Officials plan move the small barge at right rear across the mouth of the bay in an attempt to block the Gulf oil spill.
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