A fire at the Rocanville potash mine is out and the twenty miners still underground in a refuge are safe, according to PotashCorp. The fire was put out around 1 p.m. CST. The miners will be able to leave their refuge in the afternoon after debris is removed. The fire started at 1:56 a.m. CST when a cable spool caught on fire. At the time, there were 29 miners underground and nine were able to make it to the surface, while the others made it to a refuge.
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