Cause of deaths of 2,000 fish unclear

Around 2,000 carp died in a fishpond in the village of Luženice in west Bohemia, novinky.cz reported. Fire officers arrived at the scene on Saturday and the cause of what the news website referred to as an environmental disaster will now be determined by laboratory tests. Several possible causes have been advanced, including chemicals running off from nearby fields and a lack of oxygen in the water.

Author: Ian Willoughby