Hundreds of fish dead in reservoir

Mr Bamforth said: “The Environment Agency has been on site and they are investigating and will come back to us. We are just as keen as anyone else to find out why the fish died.”

Dathan Clegg, of Birkby, who grew up in Meltham Mills and played by the reservoir as a boy, said he was told of the incident by his friend Gary Turton, who discovered the fish.

Dathan said: “The fish are just floating in the water. Everything in that reservoir is dead. No one is taking responsibly, but there are hundreds of dead fish across the bank and in the water.”

A spokesman for the Environment Agency said: “We were notified of the presence of dead fish at Meltham Mills Reservoir by a member of the public and our officers attended the site.

“Our investigations into the cause are currently ongoing. Anyone seeing fish in distress in a watercourse is asked to contact the Environment Agency’s 24-hour hotline on 0800 807060.”

Paul Jowett, chaiman of the fishing club, declined to comment.

Four years ago, Towndoor spent £750,000 carrying out major improvements at the reservoir to tighter flood risk safety requirements from the Environment Agency.