Survivors sue SP firm: AUSTRALIAN wildfire survivors have launched a lawsuit against a Singapore-owned electricity firm alleging a downed power line sparked one of the blazes, it was reported on Sunday. Kinglake residents are launching a class action against SP Ausnet and the Victoria state government claiming the power line set off a fire near the town that killed at least 100 people, The Age newspaper said. The newspaper said police investigating the causes of the fires had removed a length of fallen cable and a power pole as evidence. The firm reportedly handling the class action, Melbourne-based Slidders Lawyers, on its website urges residents affected by the bushfires to contact it and seek compensation. SP Ausnet, part of the Singapore Power Group, refused to comment directly on the lawsuit, saying its priority was restoring power to fire-affected areas as quickly as possible. 'We stand ready to assist the relevant authorities with their inquiries if it is necessary for us to do so,' it said in a statement.
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