AT 0105, A PIT EE NOTICED SMOKE AT #12 SHOVE, WHICH WAS DOWN FOR SCHEDULED REPAIRS. THE COORDINATOR ARRIVED AND NOTICED FLAMES. THE MINE FIRE BRIGAD & PALMER FIRE DEPT WERE CALLED & THE IMMEDI ATELY REPSONDED. WITH THE AID OF SEVERAL SMALL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS & THE MINE'S FOAM TRUCK, THE FIRE INSIDE THE LOWER CARBODY WAS EXTINGUISHED. 40 MIN. FIRE REPORTED.