ENVIRONMENT

Engine hole leads to fire

A HAUL truck at a New South Wales open cut coal mine that had just completed maintenance was found to have a hole in its engine that caused it to burst into flames.

 The truck was recently down for maintenance.

The truck was recently down for maintenance.

The haul truck had dumped a second load for a shift and was leaving the dump. The operator smelled something burning then saw flames around the back of the cabin. The operator shut down the truck...

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