{"id":316409,"date":"2026-10-28T22:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T22:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/316409\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T22:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T22:44:09","slug":"dozens-laid-off-after-massive-leak-forces-salt-mine-2000-feet-under-lake-erie-to-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/316409\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens laid off after massive leak forces salt mine 2,000 feet under Lake Erie to close"},"content":{"rendered":"

They\u2019re gonna need more than an umbrella.<\/p>\n

A Morton Salt mine thousands of feet below Lake Erie was forced to shut down after it suddenly sprang a massive leak, officials said.<\/p>\n

A mine for the company \u2014 known for its iconic yellow \u201cgirl with umbrella\u201d mascot \u2014 was inexplicably flooded in Painesville, Ohio, last week, according to FOX 8.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"mine\"An investigation continues into what caused serious water intrusion at the Morton Salt mine, forcing it to shut down, in Painesville Township, Ohio. Fox 8<\/p>\n

The rush of water forced the underground site to close, and has disrupted\u00a0road salt deliveries as the nation prepares for winter, according to cleveland.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

At least 77\u00a0mine workers were laid off Wednesday, according to the station.<\/p>\n

Federal mine inspectors are are now probing the\u00a0cause of the \u201cwater intrusion,\u201d officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear if the\u00a0mine will reopen again.<\/p>\n

\"mortonsThe Morton Salt Company stands in Chicago, Illinois, May 10, 2011. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Salt deliveries scheduled to begin Monday won\u2019t arrive due to the shutdown last week triggered by a water intrusion in the underground site in Painesville Township, cleveland.com reported.<\/p>\n

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The salt mine, which has been active since 1992, sits roughly 2,000 feet under Lake Erie, separated from the lake by\u00a0rock and sediment.<\/p>\n

Nobody was injured during the flooding event, officials have said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They\u2019re gonna need more than an umbrella. A Morton Salt mine thousands of feet below Lake Erie was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137,262,129021,293,302],"class_list":["post-316409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-great-lakes","tag-mines","tag-ohio","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}