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NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED THE SMOKE. THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SAYS A FERTILIZER BYPRODUCT SPILL KILLED FISH IN LIZARD CREEK IN FORT DODGE. RIGHT NOW, THERE’S NO TELLING HOW MANY FISH WERE KILLED OR HOW MUCH OF THE CHEMICAL FLOATED THROUGH THE CREEK INTO THE DES MOINES RIVER. ����vlog’S BEAU BOWMAN IS IN FORT DODGE TONIGHT, FOLLOWING THE IOWA DNR. INVESTIGATION. LOOKING AT LIZARD CREEK TODAY. IT’S HARD TO IMAGINE THERE WERE GALLONS AND GALLONS OF FERTILIZER FLOWING THROUGH ITS BANKS AND LEAVING BEHIND TONS OF DEAD FISH. AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD HAVE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES FOR SOMETHING HAPPEN. LUCAS MOORE HAS LIVED IN FORT DODGE SINCE HE WAS A KID AND GREW UP FISHING LIZARD CREEK. NOW HIS KIDS SWIM IN IT AND OCCASIONALLY CAST A LINE HOPING FOR A BIG CATCH. BUT NOW THOSE SAME FISH AREN’T FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CREEK BED. THEY’RE BELLY UP ON THE BANKS. ARE YOU GOING TO LET YOUR KIDS PLAY IN IT NOW? NO. THIS IS WHAT THE CREEK LOOKED LIKE TUESDAY. THE GREEN, MURKY WATER CAUSED BY THE FERTILIZER BYPRODUCT SPILL FLOWED ALL THE WAY FROM C.J. BIO’S PLANT WEST OF FORT DODGE, INTO THE CREEK’S CONFLUENCE WITH THE DES MOINES RIVER. DNR OFFICERS WERE COUNTING THE DEAD FISH WEDNESDAY, AND INVESTIGATING AT THE PLANT, LOOKING FOR THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK. HOW MUCH SPILLED INTO LIZARD CREEK AND WHAT CAUSED IT? ����vlog REACHED OUT TO KE BIO, BUT WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. THE COMPANY POSTED A STATEMENT TO THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE SAYING IN PART, THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTING CLEANUP AND WORKING TO PREVENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. THE CITY’S DRINKING WATER IS NOT AFFECTED BY THE LEAK, AS THEY DRAW THEIR WATER FROM UNDERGROUND WELLS. I WENT DOWN THERE AND YOU COULD SMELL THE AMMONIA WHEN I WAS WALKING YESTERDAY AND IT WAS TERRIBLE. ONE LANDOWNER WE SPOKE WITH OFF CAMERA TOLD US THEIR CATTLE WERE LUCKILY NOT IN THE PASTURE. LIZARD CREEK RUNS THROUGH. THEY TOLD US THEY WANTED ANSWERS FROM KE BIO, AND THAT’S WHAT OTHER RESIDENTS LIKE MOORE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO. LIKE, HOW LONG IS THE RECOVERY TIMELINE? RIGHT? FOR SOME KIDS TO GO BACK AND SWIM THE FISH. I DON’T KNOW IF THEY’RE PUTTING THE FISH IN YET. THE DNR TELLS ME WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION ONGOING AT THE KE BIO PLANT TODAY, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DO AN INTERVIEW, BUT HOPE TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE ANSWERS IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD. IN FOR