ENVIRONMENT

Great balls of fire

A GRADER fire at a New South Wales open cut coal mine was so intense, extra water carts were needed to douse the flames.

Two workers unsuccessfully tried to extinguish the fire with hand-held extinguishers.

Two workers unsuccessfully tried to extinguish the fire with hand-held extinguishers.

The Caterpillar 16M grader was parked-up for refuelling by a service cart. The service cart operator attached and activated the dry break fuel connector. The fuel gun immediately shut off. The...

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