Coventry residents worried for pets after flood evacuation
'They're suffocating'
Mrs McGrory said she had managed to order an emergency air pump for the 200-litre tank the pair had owned for seven years."I managed to get that in yesterday but it only lasts 24 hours, so whether they will let me back in again to recharge it I don't know," she said."The fish are dying, they're suffocating."
She described how other people at the building had pet cats and dogs and were eventually allowed back inside their homes to get them out."Our concern was obviously for the fish, they need the oxygen and so forth and if [the pump] doesn't [work], then nitrates build up," Mr McGrory said.
The pair, who have lived in the building for more than 35 years, said they were told they would be let back into Mercia House on Wednesday.They were one of 63 households that had to move to temporary accommodation or stay with family or friends.A spokesperson for Citizen Housing previously said people couldn't stay in the building as the sprinkler system wasn't yet operational.
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