It happened on the River Mole near South Molton
A formal investigation is underway after the pollution incident.
The Environment Agency says the pollutant has been identified as anaerobic digestate.
A 5 kilometer stretch of the the river was impacted and they've calculated that 10,000 fish died.
They say they can't share any further details at this time.
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