Scores of dead fish, eels wash up after Melbourne factory fire

By Simone Fox Koob, Melissa Cunningham, Sarah Emery, Benjamin Preiss & Noel Towell
Updated August 31 2018 - 9:30pm, first published 5:02pm
Fish have started to wash up along Stony Creek after chemical run-off entered the waterways from the West Footscray fire.  Photo: Jason South
Fish have started to wash up along Stony Creek after chemical run-off entered the waterways from the West Footscray fire. Photo: Jason South

Dead fish, eels and other marine life have washed up on the banks of a Melbourne waterway after toxic chemicals and firefighting foam entered the creek while crews worked to extinguish a factory fire in the city's west.

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