The following article was posted on AsiaOne on 16 Feb 2009.
Singapore-owned energy delivery company is facing a class action suit over allegations that one of its power lines sparked last week's deadly Australian bush fires which broke out in the Kinglake area of Victoria state. -AsiaOne
Mon, Feb 16, 2009
AsiaOne
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: - A Singapore-owned energy delivery company is facing a class action suit over allegations that one of its power lines sparked last week's deadly Australian bush fires which broke out in the Kinglake area of Victoria state.
Residents there are launching legal proceedings against SP AusNet over a fallen power line which is believed to have started the blaze.
SP AusNet is 51 per cent-owned by Singapore Power and listed on both the Australian and Singapore stock exchanges.
A spokeswoman for the company told Australian newspaper Sunshine Coast Daily that the company will corporate fully with investigations.
However, the company's priority was to restore power to affected areas as soon as possible, the newspaper said.
According to the Sunshine Coast Daily, Victorian federal MP Fran Bailey said the Country Fire Authority told her that one of the power lines had broken before the fire.
The MP told the Australian daily that the power line was "whipping against the ground and sparked".
This story was written with information from The Straits Times.
URL: http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20090216-122154.html
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