Fire at Broken Hill’s Perilya mine re-ignites, residents warned to avoid ‘possible toxic smoke’

An underground fire at a Chinese-owned mine in Broken Hill has re-ignited and spread to multiple levels.

The initial blaze at Perilya’s southern zinc, lead and silver mine began at about 11:30pm on Sunday night and was extinguished by 7:30am this morning.

However, the blaze re-ignited at about…