This story, headlined "More guns, buses, relief roll into city," was originally published Sept. 3, 2005. It is being republished for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as part of The Times-Picayune's Pulitzer-winning coverage.

New Orleans, or what's left of it, awoke Friday to discover that fire had been added to the array of pestilences — floodwaters, hunger, looting and mass death — that have beset the city since Hurricane Katrina's winds ripped it apart five days ago.

The plumes of smoke rising from locations on both sides of the river were offset by the belated arrival of long-promised National Guard units in a bid to further the evacuation and reverse the virtual anarchy that descended over the city as beleaguered and increasingly angry local officials begged for federal assi

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