Section 138(5) in The Coal Mines Regulations, 2011
(5)No person shall light a fire or permit a fire to be lighted in any opencast working within a distance of 15 metres from any entrance to a mine, except by the permission in writing of the manager and only for a special purpose specified in such order and all such orders shall be recorded in a bound paged book kept for the purpose:Provided that this sub-regulation shall not apply to boilers other than vertical boilers.
