Firefighters in Fremont, California helped extinguish a fire at the Tesla plant. Live coverage from local news outlets showed footage of smoke rising from a building late on Thursday.
The fire reportedly broke out at around 4:30 PM Pacific Time in a building that was apparently under construction. According to a spokesperson for the Fremont Fire Department, it was caused by molten aluminum coming into contact with hydraulic fluid.
The department described the fire as “deep-seated” but said that it was restricted to one stamping machine. Raj Mathai NBC News anchor for the Bay Area tweeted yesterday that no evacuations were called.
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NEW: Fire at #Tesla plant. @FremontFire on site says fire burned out itself. Employee tells me no evacuations. @nbcbayarea @Teslarati pic.twitter.com/fafdpm6aXx
— Raj Mathai (@rajmathai) March 12, 2021
There are no reports of injuries as a result of the fire. Tesla’s Model 3 is built at the Fremont plant, although its production was halted last month. Despite no official reason given as to why, global supply chain issues are wreaking havoc with many automakers’ production capacities. Tesla, though, reportedly took the opportunity to make some upgrades to the plant.
Tesla’s stock dropped by as much as 2.4% on Friday morning as a result of the fire, reports Yahoo Finance.
The facility was also the victim of a fire in 2018 when a pile of cardboard caught fire near a test track and spread to an outside structure.