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"'''Fire in the hole'''" is an expression indicating that an [[Explosion|explosive detonation]] in a confined space is imminent. It originated from American [[mining|miners]], who needed to warn their fellow minorsfellows that a [[explosive charge|charge]] had been set.<ref name=wdet>{{cite web|title=Fire in the hole|url=http://www.word-detective.com/2008/10/fire-in-the-hole/|publisher=The Word Detective|date=October 10, 2008|access-date=2013-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804023953/http://www.word-detective.com/2008/10/fire-in-the-hole|archive-date=2013-08-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> The phrase appears in this sense in American state mining regulations,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/062/062002250000550R.html|title=Section 225|website=Ilga.gov|access-date=3 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://adminrules.idaho.gov/rules/2011/17/0803.pdf|title=Idaho Administrative Code}}</ref> in military and corporate procedures,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patrick.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123409836|title=Here comes the boom|access-date=2014-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102025848/http://www.patrick.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123409836|archive-date=2014-11-02|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/about/contracting/rfqs/support_ant/docs/mgt_manuals/mcm/blastingsop-499.pdf|title=Blasting Standard Operating Procedure, Raytheon Polar Services Company|access-date=2014-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824071333/http://www.nsf.gov/about/contracting/rfqs/support_ant/docs/mgt_manuals/mcm/blastingsop-499.pdf|archive-date=2014-08-24|url-status=dead}}</ref> and in various mining and military blasting-related print books and narratives,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&hl=en&q=%22fire+in+the+hole%22|title="fire in the hole" - Google Search|website=Google.com|access-date=3 April 2021}}</ref> e.g. during [[bomb disposal]] or throwing [[grenade]]s into a confined space.<ref name=wdet/>
In common parlance it has become a [[catchphrase]] for a warning of the type "Watch out!" or "Heads up!".<ref name=wdet/>
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