Chemical spill in Indiana closes beaches, kills hundreds of fish

The National Park Service shut down several areas of Indiana Dunes National Park after a chemical spill killed hundreds of fish in the area.

The spill occurred on the Little Calumet River, about three miles upstream from Lake Michigan, after an industrial accident at a steel-making plant in the town of Burns Harbor.

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The spill caused hundreds of fish to die and several beaches to be closed.

“The odor is unbelievably bad because they decay pretty quickly,” Barb Lusco, a harbormaster, told CNN affiliate WLS. “So the odor is just awful. You can’t stand it.”

ArcelorMittal, a steel and mining company headquartered in Luxembourg, said the accident was caused by a failure in a blast furnace water recirculation system leading to wastewater with high levels of ammonia and cyanide contaminating the river.

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Thanks for the apology, but a hefty fine also seems to be appropriate.