Power firm fined over 2014 mine fire
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The Supreme Court of Victoria has fined Australia-based Hazelwood Power Corp. Pty. Ltd. nearly $2 million Australia ($1.3 million) over the 2014 Latrobe Valley mine fire which burned for 45 days, ABC News reports. The fire was started by a bushfire burning into the brown coal reserve. The jury found that the company failed to adequately assess the risk of fire, did not have an adequate reticulated water system, failed to slash vegetation around the mine and left it too late to start wetting down areas around the mine.
