Community leaders have demanded answers after a ‘serious environmental offence’ killed thousands of fish in a 300m stretch of river. An investigation is now under way into the incident, which happened on Friday, July 23 in the River Kent in the Wattsfield Road area of Kendal. Officers from the Environment Agency identified significant pollution in the river and retrieved thousands of dead fish, including minnows, stone loach, sticklebacks, salmon par and white-clawed crayfish, for evidence. The incident has been considered as a Category 1 offence, which is the most serious type of environmental incident, and officers believe they have identified the cause of the event.
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