Explosive new evidence has revealed the Bushfires Royal Commission got it wrong on the cause of Black Saturday's deadliest blaze, the Kilmore East fire, which claimed 119 lives and has sparked the state's biggest civil class action.
The change in expert opinion, revealed in a scientific presentation to Justice Jack Forrest last week, is significant because the Singapore-owned electricity company SP AusNet will now argue that it could not have known about the lightning strike. Full story
