▲ 31 ▼ Hundreds of fish die after foam pollutes Oldham river (www.bbc.co.uk) submitted 3 days ago by GreyShuck@feddit.uk [M] to c/nature@feddit.uk 2 comments fedilink hide all child comments Hundreds of fish have been found dead after a fire at an industrial unit caused masses of foam to run into a nearby river. The fish were found in the River Tame following the blaze off Wellington Road in Greenfield, on Sunday, The Environment Agency said. The foam was described by the agency as "firewater run off", which is left-over from the foam firefighters used to tackle the fire.
[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago Yeah, at least it's not the water companies for once. This is excusable permalink fedilink source parent