Mining operations at Lalor Mine in Snow Lake, Man., are on pause after a piece of underground equipment caught fire, twice.
Officials with Hudbay Minerals told Global News that 177 workers had to be evacuated after the rear tire of a piece of machinery caught on fire Wednesday.
A mine rescue team was called, and the fire was extinguished, but the same piece of equipment went up in flames again overnight.
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Workers were safely evacuated a second time.
The mining company said Thursday that the equipment is being monitored and operations are expected to resume within the next day or so.