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A State Fire Marshal's report on the cause of
the fire in the Soudan Underground Mine is expected within a week.


      Minnesota Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman Amy
Barrett says that until the report is complete, the state won't be
able to say when the mine will reopen for tours. She says more than
1,800 tours of the underground mine and University of Minnesota's
physics lab were given in 2010.


      The marshal's report is expected to include the cost and extent
of the damage to the mine facilities and physics lab. Officials
have said they don't believe the lab was damaged. The fire was
detected March 17 in timbers lining the mine's main elevator shaft.
No one was inside at the time.

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Little evidence of damage from fire in Soudan mine

DNR: Soudan mine fire 99 percent out

Fire in Iron Range's Soudan mine nearly out

Physics lab, park threatened by fire in Minn. mine

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A State Fire Marshal's report on the cause of
the fire in the Soudan Underground Mine is expected within a week.


No cause of fire, reopen date on Soudan mine

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