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Emily Woods

Director faults firefighters over toxic recycling blaze

Robert Italiano has admitted polluting the atmosphere in the Coolaroo recycling plant fire. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Firefighters failed to completely extinguish two blazes at a recycling plant before a third spread toxic fumes and forced residents to evacuate, the waste company's ex-director claims.

The 2017 blaze at the recycling plant in Coolaroo triggered a Victorian-wide emergency response as it burned for two days with toxic smoke reaching neighbouring homes and industrial sites. 

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