Flipped Barge with Caustic Soda Cargo; East Carondelet, Illinois
1 Davis Street Ferry Rd, East Carondelet, IL 62240, USA | 2025-May-26
Initial Notification: On the morning of 26 May 2025, a barge carrying roughly 240 thousand gallons of caustic soda (50% solution) flipped in the Mississippi River. The USCG contacted NOAA requesting information on potential effects.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Chemical |
| Latitude (approximate): | 38° 32.36′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 90° 15.00′ West |