Tow engine room fire

[River Cruiser]

Tow with anhydrous ammonia on the IL. River had a engine room fire. Crew cut the barges lose & abandoned the boat. http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/news_local_features/604315/Icy-rescue-on-the-Illinois-River

 

[DavidM]

That happened 25 years ago, didn't it?

David

 

[River Cruiser]

Yes, I doubt there is much tow traffic now there wasn't much on the Mississippi when I came home a couple of weeks ago. I saw this on the River Bill site today & had never heard of it before, there's probably a lot of things happened on the rivers that I never heard about before the internet.