Over 50 Saskatchewan miners spend night underground waiting out fire

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A car passes the Agrium head office in Calgary, May 11, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

VANSCOY, Sask. – Dozens of workers at a potash mine in Saskatchewan are reported to be safe after a fire broke out underground.

More than 50 people were forced to seek refuge in shelters at the Agrium facility near Vanscoy after the fire started during a shift Friday night.

The site’s general manager, Mike Dirham, says the fire started on a piece of equipment with a fire suppression system.

However, it was unable to put out the blaze.

The fire was extinguished Saturday morning and emergency workers are in the process of rescuing the underground workers.

No injuries have been reported.

(CJWW)

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