“We are very grateful to a 12-year-old boy who removed fish from a small stretch of the river, put them in
his bucket, then staged a photograph for us.”
The agency was spraying hydrogen peroxide and aerating the water in an effort to clean up the river and
rejuvenate its oxygen supply.
The latest pollution incident is the second such incident in a week. On Thursday, more than 6,000 fish died
after a pollution incident on the River Mole in South Molton, Devon.