In those refuge stations, they can seal themselves off and there's oxygen, food and water. And they can stay in there for at least 36 hours.
The fire is out, it's obviously good news. They're all safe, they're all secure, they're all accounted for and we'll be escorting them out of the mine sometime tonight.
They're probably the same as us. They're a little bit tired. They're a little bit anxious. They have confidence that we've going to safely bring them up. Nevertheless, they'd like to see them sooner rather than later.
They are all safe, they are all healthy.
In those refuge stations, the workers can seal themselves in and be safe with enough oxygen, food and water to be comfortable for 36 hours at the least.
They are equipped with breathing apparatus that lasts for approximately four hours, although we rarely go anywhere near four hours.
I'm almost getting choked up thinking about how well this team worked together. We live in rural Saskatchewan and we band together.
We've seen evidence that they've sealed themselves off. We have no reason to doubt they are anything but safe.
We have had fires underground but none that we can remember that have been this tricky.
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