Duke Energy Closes Coal-Ash Breach After Spill Flows Into Fishing Lake
- People take ‘fish home and eat them,’ environmentalist says
- Company says spill offers no imminent threat to health
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Duke Energy Corp. has closed the breach of its coal-ash landfill in North Carolina, but not before the spill leaked into a popular fishing lake that hosts regular tournaments for anglers.
The landfill at the company’s Sutton power plant near Wilmington broke open after Hurricane Florence inundated the region with flooding rains. Duke informed state officials that some of the coal-ash reached Lake Sutton, spokesman Bill Norton said in an email. Further repairs are underway, he said.