Fremont blames heat for massive Lake Elizabeth fish die-off

About 1,000 fish at Lake Elizabeth in Fremont’s Central Park have died this week after the excessive heat wave caused low oxygen levels in the water, according to a city spokesperson.

With city high temperatures in the mid-to-upper 90s the first half of the week, the lake got hotter and oxygen levels dropped, suffocating close to 1,000 fish since Wednesday.

“Fish dying off in Lake Elizabeth in the summer is not completely unusual. We do get a small number of fish that die off every year,” city spokesperson Geneva Bosques said.