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Close call after explosives truck catches fire

A PRIME mover pulling three trailers loaded with security-sensitive ammonium nitrate emulsion caught fire while parked at a mine security gate in Queensland after a bearing in the alternator failed.

 Potential explosion averted

Potential explosion averted

The driver of the AB-triple combination called an emergency in response to the flames, as per mine site procedure, and used a fire extinguisher to put out the fire. Resources Safety and Health Queensland's...

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