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MELBOURNE (AFP) — Singapore-owned power utility SP AusNet said Tuesday it would "vigorously defend" a claim against it for compensation over one of Australia's deadly wildfires.
Survivors have reportedly launched a lawsuit alleging that a downed power line sparked a fire that killed more than 100 people and destroyed about 1,000 homes in the Kinglake area of Victoria state earlier this month.
The claim against SP Ausnet, part of the Singapore Power Group, is expected to run to hundreds of millions of dollars, the national AAP news agency said.
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