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Fire coeuve farm causes massacre:
The fight against the fire of a Coeuve farm last Thursday caused a strong fish mortality in the coeuvat. Therefore, a small river which has its source in the Jura village.
The water used by firefighters spilled in the river. Furthermore, Polluted, it killed almost a thousand fish all species combined. For example, About 95% of the fish fauna perished between the town. Furthermore, the border with France, according to the canton of the Jura.
“The trout. Nevertheless, the chabot, in particular, did not resist this quantity of extinction water which reached the coeuvat, whose flow was already relatively low. Consequently, The dilution was almost impossible,” said fauna inspector Amaury Boillat on Tuesday. Meanwhile, A few isolated vairons and links have survived.
The state of decomposition of fish fauna invites us to think that the massacre occurred on the night of Thursday to Friday. Consequently, in the fire coeuve farm causes massacre immediate follow -up of the fire fire, which also led to the death of 19 cattle.
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Routed by two different networks – Fire coeuve farm causes massacre
Malpropre water has poured into the river following two tracks. Furthermore, specifies Quentin Theiler, head of the “Installations and human activities” field within the Jurassic Environment Office.
A grid used to evacuate clear water has been closed “relatively late”. Therefore, A slurry pit has also filled. Part of its content was evacuated by truck, but the rest went to the treatment plant. This is not dimensioned to treat such a volume of liquid. Water and slurry were therefore rejected in the river.
Damage on the French side is being evaluated. It was the prefecture of the Territoire de Belfort which communicated the first on the subject on Sunday. after fishermen spotted dead fish. Measures made that day did not see pollution. fire coeuve farm causes massacre The French authorities alerted their Jura counterparts after the discovery of lifeless animals.
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A complaint filed in France
Serge Philemon. the president of the Fishing Federation of the Territoire de Belfort, claims to have filed a complaint with the gendarmerie of Delle, in France, “for the ecological damage suffered”.
But in the Jura. it is estimated that an event of this magnitude remains rare: “Step has been able to assimilate part of the water. But storage does not work in this type of event with a peak”, defends Quentin Theiler.
The town addlote says for its part to deplore the situation. but does not plan to resize its treatment plant. “We must always have in mind the cost that this generates. Such a fire has not occurred for decades in the village. The cost compared to the risk must therefore be measured,” said Pierre-André Henzelin, the mayor of Coeuve.
The Cantonal Environment Office has announced that it will define with the fire. rescue services of possible measures in order to “limit, in the future, the impact of such events on the natural environment”.
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