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More than five dozen workers who spent hours in underground refuge stations following a fire at Nutrien’s Allan potash mine were brought safely to the surface.

Emergency response teams were dispatched Tuesday shortly after midnight and successfully extinguished the underground fire. All 63 workers present at the time were declared safe and no injuries were reported. The refuge stations are well-stocked with food, air and other supplies, according to a company spokesman.

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A spokesman said the employees were brought to the surface by around 7:45 a.m.

Operations at the mine have ceased and will not resume until clearance is given, the spokesman said.

The cause of the fire was not immediately known.

The Allan mine is located approximately 60 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon.

— With Canadian Press files