Mine fire causing power risks and health concerns in Victoria

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Victorian firefighters are battling to extinguish a fire that’s taken hold in the highly flammable coal deposits in the Latrobe Valley. A fire is burning in the mine next to the Hazelwood power plant. The nearby town of Morwell has been blanketed in a thick black smoke.

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