# FIRE
> MSHA accident `220013100002` · 10/29/2001 · Jewett Mine LLC
## 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:** Westmoreland Coal Company
- **Operator:** Jewett Mine LLC
- **Mine:** [4103164](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4103164)
## Narrative

AT APPROX 1150 ON 10-29, A CONTRACTOR EE NOTICED SMOKE IN AREA B. UPON INVESTIGATING, HE FOUND DFIRE BURNING OUT OF CONTROL. HE NOTIFIED THE CO. WHO CONTACTED LOCAL FIRE DEPTS. TO RESPOND. AT APPROX 1345, THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. A PIPELINE CLEARING CONTRACTOR HAD BEEN ATTENDING BRUSH PILE FIRES ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WHEN THE FIRES GOT OUT OF CONTROL.

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