Mine blaze workers trapped, but safe, in Canada
Seventy Canadian miners remained trapped but safe today, after a fire broke out, forcing them to retreat to emergency refuge rooms stocked with oxygen and supplies.
A rescue team reached one of the rooms early today, made sure everyone was safe, then closed them back inside until the air inside the mine could be cleared of toxic gases, said Marshall Hamilton, a spokesman for Mosaic Company, the Minneapolis-based firm that operates the potash mine.
