Baden-Württemberg: Cleaning agents got into the fish pond: 800 fish dead

Bad Wurzach (dpa / lsw) - Around 800 fish died in a pond in Bad Wurzach (Ravensburg district) because cleaning agents containing chlorine got into the water.

Baden-Württemberg: Cleaning agents got into the fish pond: 800 fish dead

Bad Wurzach (dpa / lsw) - Around 800 fish died in a pond in Bad Wurzach (Ravensburg district) because cleaning agents containing chlorine got into the water. A 30-year-old cleaned the gutter on a residential building with the caustic chemical, the police said on Wednesday. The rain gutter was connected to an underground stream through which the cleaning agent is said to have flowed into the fish pond earlier in the week.

The fire brigade and the environmental officer of the district office directed fresh water into the stream. The 30-year-old is being investigated for negligent water pollution.