# FIRE
> MSHA accident `220122920024` · 10/11/2012 · Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc
## 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:** Barrick Gold Corp
- **Operator:** Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc
- **Mine:** [2602246](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2602246)
## Narrative

Cardboard boxes containing items for storage were put on a shelf below a thermostat controlled heater in a storage conex.  The heater was not on when the boxes were placed, but turned on when the temperatures changed.  The cardboard became hot and caught on fire.  The fire was contained to the front of the conex and was extinguished upon the arrival of fire-fighting equipment.

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