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Thread: Morwell coal mine fire presents health risk

  1. 25th February 2014, 07:16 AM #1
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    Morwell coal mine fire presents health risk

    25,000 face masks issued, an uncomfortable time. Bob


    Premier says no need to relocate Morwell residents as authorities warn of another day of fire danger - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
    I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food

    A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking
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  2. 25th February 2014, 08:15 AM #2
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    Its Smokey outside our place again today, and we are some 20odd km away
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    Can't see it being a bad thing to relocate Morwell....

    On a serious note, it wouldn't be pleasant there at the moment. It is my old home town and having worked at all the mines in the area, I know the smell of burning coal, it isn't nice. This is the worst fire they have seen.

    There will be many more weeks of it to come yet as well, maybe months.

    Hope they can get on top of it soon.
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    If they are lucky enough it will go underground and morwell may well drop into a pit of ash

    But in reality I doubt brown mud with 65% moisture content will burn without the help of lots of oxygen

    I guess I'll find out what its like in a week and a half
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  5. 25th February 2014, 09:38 PM #5
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    Have just bought a late '09 D3 in Morwell, might have to hurry up the transport over to WA before the place burns down!
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    The Tassie fire service is doing some great work at that fire. Hopefully it keeps going well!!!
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    How did the fire start?????
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ausfree View Post
    How did the fire start?????

    I think it was lit by a fire bug. Hope they send them the bill.
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    There is speculation that the fire may go underground, burn it's way under the town and then collapse, so that Morwell will be just one big hole. It may take a while for anyone to notice the difference....
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    Hi,
    this one in the USA has been going for a while.

    cheers
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