# FIRE
> MSHA accident `220071440060` · 05/17/2007 · Hecla Limited
## 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:** 0
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Hecla Mining Company
- **Operator:** Hecla Limited
- **Mine:** [1000088](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1000088)
## Narrative

A 3yd LHD caught fire while the operator was mucking his round. He left the LHD in the muck bay and started the mine evacuation. MSHA was called at 8:20 p.m. The mine was evacuated and the mine rescue team sent down. The fire was out when the reached the scene. They found that the transmission filter had come loose spraying the engine.

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