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Industrial fire linked to fish and eels' deaths

Industrial fire linked to fish and eels' deaths
BBC Science Wednesday 14 October 2026, 16:36 UTC 1 min read
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Chemicals from firewater runoff entered a brook and spread downstream where dead fish and eels were later found, the Environment Agency has confirmed.

Chemicals from firewater runoff entered a brook and spread downstream where dead fish and eels were later found, the Environment Agency has confirmed.
the Environment Agency (ORG)
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