Thompson Local News

Vale safety measures proved to be efficient

While Sunday’s fire at Vale gave staff and management a scare, the safety measures in place proved to be efficient.

 

Ryan Land, Manager of Corporate Affairs, shared some information about the safe rooms used by the miners “it has its own oxygen supply, there would be water in the facility as well and so it really is about basic needs. Some of them are lunch rooms that would be sealed off with double seal system, others would be small spaces depending on the number that were in there. I know in some instances we may have one person in a room, in other instances there may be several".

 

Those in the safe rooms are able to communicate with the surface.

 

Some of the miners from Sunday’s incident were in their safe rooms until around noon on Monday.

 

The investigation into the fire is in progress 

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