Sunday, June 28, 2015

Hazelwood mine fire: man faces court over 2014 toxic fire near Morwell

Fire in open-cut mine in La Trobe valley blanketed town of Morwell in toxic smoke and ash for 45 days, prompting many residents to flee

A young man has appeared in court charged with starting a bushfire that spread to a coalmine and sent toxic smoke over eastern Victoria in 2014.

The 20-year-old, who cannot be named, has been charged with arson and recklessly causing a bushfire over a blaze in the Latrobe Valley that spread to the Hazelwood open cut mine at Morwell.

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