Pond, Ash Green
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Pond, Ash Green
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 28 Oct 2021
The sunrise gilds the autumnal trees on the shore of this pond in the Prologis Country Park by Ash Green, on the northern outskirts of Coventry. The pond has suffered severely from the effects of the fire that destroyed a cosmetics warehouse behind the trees on the 19th August 2021. The fire service drew water from the pond to extinguish the blaze; pollution leaching from the destroyed warehouse killed fish, and foam could be seen covering the pond surface as the Environment Agency pumped air into the water to aerate it. The sweetish smell of the warehouse contents was still noticeable in the air over two months later. See this report in the Coventry Telegraph https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/more-dead-fish-found-behind-21400316 .
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Image Location
Latitude
52.454665
Longitude
-1.514044