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Chemical spill at Gold Creek Foods contaminates Dawsonville stream

Reports of a low pH balance causing marine life to die in Shoal Creek and Flat Creek in Dawsonville are currently being investigated by an emergency response team from the Department of Natural Resources. Photo by Jessica Brown, Dawson County News.

Creek — Reports of a low pH balance causing marine life to die in Shoal Creek and Flat Creek in Dawsonville are currently being investigated by an emergency response team from the Department of Natural Resources. Photo by Jessica Brown, Dawson County News.

Fish, snails, salamanders and other wildlife are dead in Dawsonville’s Flat Creek after officials say a tank of chemicals burst at a chicken processing plant.