Hazelwood by Tom Doig

Hazelwood by Tom Doig

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9780143793342
Author: Tom Doig
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Viking Books
Place: Melbourne VIC
Year: 2019
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304 pages
Period: 21st Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Interior is immaculate.

A gripping and immediate account of one of the worst disasters in Australian history.

Early in the afternoon of 9 February 2014, during one of the worst droughts and heatwaves, south-eastern Australia had experienced in over a century, two separate bushfires raged towards the massive Hazelwood open-pit brown-coal mine, near Morwell in the Latrobe Valley.

The fires overwhelmed local fire-fighting efforts and sent a skyful of embers sailing onto millions of square metres of exposed, highly flammable brown coal. Twelve hours later, the mine was ablaze.

The Hazelwood mine fire burned out of control for 45 days. As the air filled with toxic smoke and ash, residents of the Latrobe Valley became ill, afraid - and angry. Up against an unresponsive corporation and an indifferent government, the community banded together, turning tragedy into a political fight.

In Hazelwood, Tom Doig reveals the decades of decisions that led to the fire and gives an intimate account of the first moments of the blaze and the dark months that followed. This is a gripping and immediate report of one of the worst environmental and public health disasters in Australian history. (back cover)

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