A man who lost his prized collection of “monster” fish in the New Year’s Day floods has said he is “heartbroken” after they died in polluted water.
The ground floor of Craig Anderson’s home in Wigan was inundated in the deluge on 1 January, which submerged the tanks where he kept them.
He said he had warned firefighters to keep out of the water as some of the fish, which included stingrays, catfish, West African lungfish, had escaped and were “potentially dangerous”.
The 26-year-old said only five fish remained from his 2,500-strong collection, which had been worth more than £60,000.
