{"id":802153,"date":"2026-10-14T08:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T08:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/802153\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T08:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T08:54:08","slug":"mass-deaths-of-critically-endangered-eels-linked-to-firewater-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/802153\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass deaths of critically endangered eels linked to firewater pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An Avon Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said that reducing the impact of contaminants in the local environment was &#8220;extremely important&#8221; to the service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We work closely with the Environment Agency, seeking and following their advice to ensure the most appropriate environmental protection measures are in place,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;In line with their guidance, we took steps to prevent contaminants from spreading by blocking drains, containing runoff where possible, and limiting any potential impact on local waterways and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;At the time we were aware of references to firefighting foam in nearby waterways. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;However, no firefighting foam was used during our response to this incident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Environment Agency said firewater incidents were &#8220;complex&#8221; and often involved &#8220;multiple pollutants&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The spokesperson added: &#8220;Our assessment indicates the eel deaths may have resulted from a combination of factors, including multiple chemicals acting together and the levels of pollution changing throughout the incident.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Avon Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said that reducing the impact of contaminants in the local environment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-802153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}