The Company was not contacted for a fact-check by the media...

The Company was not contacted for a fact-check by the media prior to reports being published, so it’s not surprising that reports that the fire had “engulfed 120 tonnes of Brown Coal” were exaggerated. There was a considerable amount of black smoke which was almost entirely related to the incineration of the rubber conveyor belts and was quickly extinguished by the attending CFA.

Evidence at site shows that the fire is likely to have started from the outside conveyor belt early Sunday morning with it then spreading to the bottom of our product drying hopper, igniting only several tonnes of coal.

The fire didn’t start because the product was too wet. It started on the conveyor belt first as the above announcement states.