No injuries or damaged coins after fire at Royal Canadian Mint in Winnipeg

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WINNIPEG – There are no injuries and no burned money after a fire at the Royal Canadian Mint’s facility in Winnipeg.
    
The fire broke out Monday afternoon in some equipment used to test coin-making plates.
    
Spokesperson Christine Aquino (ah-KWEEN’-oh) says employees were evacuated safely and production resumed within a few hours.
    
The Winnipeg fire department says the fire was caused by overheated electrical equipment, and was contained by the building’s sprinkler system.
    
Damage is estimated at $200,000.
    
The Winnipeg plant is one of the mint’s two manufacturing facilities in Canada – the other is in Ottawa.

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