Workers safe after mine fire
Some 87 workers at Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.’s Rocanville mine are safe after a mine fire that broke out Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 1. While emergency crews quickly put out the fire, the smoke forced the workers to take shelter in refuge stations. The workers came out in shifts starting at 11:30 p.m. with the last workers making it out this morning, Feb. 2, at 5:30 am. No injuries were reported and normal mining operations resumed later in the morning.
The company had no damage estimate or what caused the fire, which occurred in a small truck in the mine.