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Hundreds of fish die after foam pollutes river

The foam was left-over "run-off" from the foam firefighters used to tackle a large blaze on Sunday.

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#146
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17 Aug 2026, 21:26 UTC
Last checked
17 Aug 2026, 21:26 UTC
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e22a8808ca7d...32fdb0
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Publisher
BBC News England
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
17 Aug 2026, 15:49 UTC
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The foam was left-over "run-off" from the foam firefighters used to tackle a large blaze on Sunday.
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    Hundreds of fish die after foam pollutes river

    The foam was left-over "run-off" from the foam firefighters used to tackle a large blaze on Sunday.

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    Version SHA-256
    e22a8808ca7d...32fdb0
    Capture SHA-256
    58f87246b3db...3d75a2
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  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
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#2
Observed
17 Aug 2026, 21:26 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
21,036 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt