Leak from Indiana fertilizer tank results in 10-mile fish kill

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A fertilizer tank leak has resulted in a miles-long fish kill in central Indiana, environmental officials said.

Officials with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management said state conservation officers on May 5 reported a large number of dead fish in the waters around Flint Creek near West Point in Tippecanoe County.

Agency responders determined the kill stretched about 10 miles starting in a Flint Run tributary. Flint Run connects to Flint Creek, which flows into the Wabash River.

Responders detected elevated levels of ammonia nitrogen in the waters that they said came from a leak in a 30,000-gallon liquid nitrogen fertilizer storage tank at the nearby Scott Miller Farm.

The farm owner has taken steps to contain the leak, agency officials said.