Hazelwood mine operator guilty over fire

By Benita Kolovos
Updated November 20 2019 - 7:28pm, first published 7:22pm
The Hazelwood fire started inside a worked-out coal mine in February 2014 and burned for 45 days.
The Hazelwood fire started inside a worked-out coal mine in February 2014 and burned for 45 days.

The operator of a Victorian power station has been found guilty of putting its employees and nearby communities at risk because it failed to prepare for a bushfire that spread to a nearby mine and burned for 45 days.

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