Cuyahoga River Fire

 Cuyahoga River Fire    

    On June 22, 1969 moments after a train passing over the river the Cuyahoga river was sent ablaze. This not being the first time this has happened. The Cuyahoga river has been on fire many times in its long polluted history.

The fire that occurred in 1969 caused $50,000 worth of damage this is nothing compared to the expenses of the 1952 Cuyahoga river fire incident. After the the fire in 1969, it was brought to the governments attention that this is a problem. In 1970 the Environmental Protection Agency was founded, they later founded the clean water act. 51 years later, the Cuyahoga river is clean and home to many different types of fish.