# FIRE
> MSHA accident `220000700043` · 03/02/2000 · Pine Ridge Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** ACCIDENT ONLY
- **Classification:** FIRE
- **Accident type:** Accident type, without injuries
- **Occupation:** —
- **Activity:** —
- **Injury source:** —
- **Nature of injury:** —
- **Body part:** —
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Pine Ridge Coal Company
- **Mine:** [4602143](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4602143)
## Narrative

A FIRE WAS DETECTED AT AN OPENING ALONG THE OUTCROP OF THE INACTIVE (SEALED) AREA OF THE MINE. THE FIRE WAS APPARENTLY THE RESULT OF A FOREST FIRE THAT CAUGHT THE COAL SEAM ON FIRE.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*