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Dead fish found blocking Shropshire sewers | |
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Dead fish pulled from a blocked sewer in a Shropshire town did not include a dead piranha, a water company has confirmed. | |
Severn Trent Water said they had been called to Madeley, in Telford, in March, following complaints of a fishy smell coming from their drains. | |
Residents were told someone locally had been disposing of dead fish, including piranhas, down a toilet. | |
But the fish was more likely to be a freshwater tilapia, experts said. | |
Piles of pants | Piles of pants |
The water firm said it had done a CCTV survey of the sewers on New Road and found a blockage, which turned out to be the fish. | |
It is the second time this year it has needed to investigate a sewer blockage in Shropshire caused by odd items. | |
In January, sewers in Ditton Priors, near Bridgnorth, were blocked by piles of pants that had been flushed down a toilet. | In January, sewers in Ditton Priors, near Bridgnorth, were blocked by piles of pants that had been flushed down a toilet. |
A spokesman said: "At the end of the day, nothing like that is meant to be flushed down the toilet. | |
"It caused a blockage and we had to go out and clear it using taxpayers' money. | |
"Whether it is a piranha or a freshwater fish you can buy, do not flush it down the toilet." |