'Major liquid manure spill' leaves 500 fish dead on P.E.I.

The P.E.I. government says it is investigating what it describes as "a major liquid manure spill" at Cousins PondWednesday evening.

The spill impacted about four kilometres between the stream near Irishtown to the North Shore at Cousins Pond.

A statement issued by the province Friday morning says 500 dead fish were collected.

The province says silt fences and a series of three dams were constructed and installed to stop the flow of product into the waterways. As of 7 p.m. on Wednesday, the productwas no longer entering the stream, the statement said.

Collected samples are being sent for analysis and clean up efforts continue. The statement says the incident remains under investigation.