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50 miners spent night underground waiting out fire
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The fire started on a scoop tram, which is a type of underground loader.
Dirham said the tram has a fire suppression system, but he says it couldn’t extinguish the flames.
At that point, Dirham said the miners headed for the shelters to escape the smoke.
“There is food and water and telephones in there where we can communicate with the people in each shelter. They vary in size from a capacity of holding 10 people to a capacity of 60 people,” Dirham said, noting that miners don’t need to wear masks while they’re inside.
“They’re a self-contained shelter. They just need to go in and close the doors and wait for emergency response personnel.”
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Read more at:
http://globalnews.ca/news/1153787/sa...und-overnight/
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