Hazelwood mine fire: man faces court over 2014 toxic fire near Morwell
by Australian Associated Press from on (#CFP4)
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.
