The waihi mine in which 28 men were trapped for up to seven hours yesterday is expected to remain closed for a few days.
Fifteen trapped miners spent hours waiting to be rescued from an underground refuge chamber after a truck's engine burst into flames two hours before the end of their shift at the Newmont Waihi Gold mine yesterday.
The fire in the Trio mine is now out but the mine is expected to be closed for a few more days.
Miner Steve Sant was working underground when the fire happened and spent about five hours in a refuge chamber.
"When the emergency, emergency, emergency sounded I thought it was another drill.''