# FIRE
> MSHA accident `220010610012` · 02/22/2001 · Northwestern Resources 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:** Montana Power Company
- **Operator:** Northwestern Resources Company
- **Mine:** [4103164](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4103164)
## Narrative

SURVEYERS WERE GOING TO TEST A WATER WELL OFF OF ALLEY ROAD. ONE PICKUP TRUCK GOT STUCK IN THE MUD. THE HEAT FROM THE TRUCK CAUGHT THE GRASS ON FIRE. BECAUSE THE GRASS WAS TALL AND THICK, THE FIRE SPREAD VERY QUIKLY. FIRE SPREAD AROUND THE TRUCK, BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES. HE COULD NOT STOP IT.

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