THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL ON
FRIDAY HAS DIED.
THE TODDLER WAS IN AN ABOVE
GROUND SWIMMING POOL IN
WOODLAND TOWNSHIP AND WAS
AIRLIFTED TO CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL, WHERE HE LATER DIED.
VISITORS TO LAKE NOKOMIS
ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT A BAD
SMELL AND AN ALARMING SITE.
A RISE IN THE WATER
TEMPERATURES HAS SET OFF FISH
KILLS.
MINNEAPOLIS PARKS AND REC SAYS
IT HAPPENS EACH SPRING CAUSING
DEAD FISH TO WASH UP ON SHORE.
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE
ALONG EAST NOKOMIS PARKWAY AND
46th STREET.
ANGELA DAVIS JOINS US NOW.
I BUT IT SMELLS DOWN THERE.
Reporter: YEAH, IF YOU CAN
IMAGINE THE AROMA OF DEAD FISH
AND DECOMPOSED PLANTS.
I CAN'T SHARE THAT SMELL WITH
YOU ON TV BUT I CAN GIVE YOU A
LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING
RIGHT NOW.
THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT FOR THE PARKS AND
REC BOARD SAYS EVEN THOUGH IT
STINKS SOME OF -- NEAR SOME OF
THE LAKES, THE FISH KILLS DO
NOT AFFECT WATER QUALITY, SO
IT'S STILL SAFE TO SWIM IN THE
WATER.
IT'S ALL PART OF NATURE, BUT
IT'S NASTY.
IT'S DISGUSTING.
IT SMELLS SO BAD.
Reporter: DEAD CRAPPIES AND
SUNFISH WINE LAKE NOKOMIS IN
SOME AREAS,
WHICH IS A NATURAL
OCCURRENCE IN THE SPRING WHEN
THE TEMPERATURES RISE QUICKLY
AND THE FISH ARE UNDER STRESS
BECAUSE THEY HAVE JUST SPAWNED
AND THERE'S NOT AS MUCH OXYGEN
IN THE WATER.
SOME OF THE FISH ARE NOT ABLE
TO SURVIVE THAT.
Reporter: CINDY TOTAL
BROUGHT HER TWO YOUNG GRANDSONS
TO THE LAKE TO GO SWIMMING BUT
DECIDED TO LEAVE AFTER A FEW
MINUTES.
WHAT DID THE BOYS SAY?
GROSS.
PEOPLE HAVE COME AND GONE
BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T WANT THEIR
LITTLE ONES DIGGING A SAND
CASTLE WITH IT.
THERE IS A LOT OF FLIES, AND A
LOT OF FISH FLOATING ON THE
BEACH AND IN THE WATER.
Reporter: THE SMELL IS NOT
KEEPING PEOPLE AWAY.
THESE COLLEGE STUDENTS DROVE
OVER FROM ST. PAUL AND DECIDED
TO STAY FOR A WHILE.
CAN YOU SMELL IT?
YEAH, WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE
PORTER POTTIES BUT WE ARE LIKE
WHAT IS THAT SMELL?
Reporter: PARK AND REC
OFFICIALS SAY OTHER LAKES INTO
THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PART
OF THE STATE ARE AFFECTED AS
WELL.
WE HAD TEMPERATURES ABOUT
100 DEGREES LAST WEEK.
WE WEREN'T SURPRISED WE HAD
SOME FISH DIE.
THERE IS A LOT OF FISH IN THESE
LAKES.
Reporter: AT LAKE NOKOMIS,
ANOTHER LOOK AT WHAT'S
HAPPENING.
THE CITY SAYS CREWS ARE
ASSIGNED TO CLEAR AWAY THE DEAD
FISH AND DOCUMENT HOW MANY THEY
FIND AND THEIR EXACT LOCATIONS
BUT WE SEE PEOPLE SWIMMING
