ESTERHAZY – More than 300 employees at Mosaic’s K2 potash mine near Esterhazy are waiting to return to the surface after a fire broke out Monday morning.
The fire was reported at 10:35 a.m. and has since been extinguished, but employees will remain in the mine until air quality checks can be completed.
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No injuries have been reported and all 318 employees have been accounted for. It is expected all will brought out by 9:00 p.m. Monday night.
There is no word on the cause of the fire, although a Mosaic spokesperson says it appears a piece of equipment was involved in the fire.
The incident is under investigation.
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