                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 FIRE PROTECTION (§ 45.2-733)

A. Every shaft, and every partition therein, shall be as nearly fireproof as is
practicable.

B. Where there is danger of fire entering the mine, every opening shall have
adequate protection against a surface fire or a hazardous volume of smoke
entering the mine.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 45-71.1; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-95; 1984, c.
228; 1985, c. 395; 1990, c. 372; 1992, c. 360; 1994, c. 28, § 45.1-161.169;
1996, c. 774; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.