UNDERGROUND

How the North Goonyella incident unfolded

WHILE there has been a flurry of reporting on the North Goonyella fire in the past couple of days, the incident has been about one month in the making.

The North Goonyella incident started unfolding on September 1.

The North Goonyella incident started unfolding on September 1.

On September 1 North Goonyella operator Peabody Energy took a safety-based decision to remove all personnel from the underground mine. There were elevated gas readings in the location of the longwall...

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