1 injured in explosion at Yukon's Minto Mine

Health and safety officials in Yukon are investigating after a worker at the territory's MintoMine was injured following anexplosion overnight.

The worker was medevaced from the site for his injury, said Andrew Robulack, a spokesman for the Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board.

He said he could notprovide details on what happenedor what condition the worker isin.

The explosion happened Friday.

Safety board inspectors were at the mine site, but have returned to Whitehorse, Robulack said.

He says astop-work order has been issued for the immediate vicinity where the incident happened, though the rest of the mine remains operational.

That order will be in place until the employer demonstrates to safety board officers that the workplace is safe.

Robulack said details about the incident willbe provided whenthe investigation is complete.

Capstone Mining Corporationowns the copper mine, which employs 306 people at the Minto site.

The company recently announced it would be keeping the mine active until at least 2020.