The vehicles pass the Tesla Inc. assembly plant in Fremont, California, USA, on Monday, May 11, 2020.
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Firefighters responded to an “active fire” at the Tesla plant in Fremont, California, on Thursday afternoon, according to a statement from the Fremont Fire Department.
No personnel or firefighters were injured, the fire department said.
The fire was said to have occurred in an area of the Tesla facility that is under construction. This is Tesla’s main vehicle assembly plant in the United States. The company is building a second one in Austin, Texas.
Elon Musk’s electric car company manufactures its model 3 sedan, model Y crossover SUV and more sophisticated electric vehicles of models S and X in Fremont.
The Fremont plant recently closed for at least two days due to a shortage of parts, according to Musk.
The factory has a history of costly fires, including several fires in its paint shop, as CNBC previously reported.
According to Tesla’s fourth-quarter filing with the SEC, Tesla received “breach notifications” from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District regarding air permission and compliance for the Fremont plant, too.
“EPA is reviewing the compliance of our Fremont Plant operations with the requirements applicable under the Clean Air Act and we are working with the EPA to respond to their requests for information,” said Tesla in the document.
According to the Fremont fire department, “the deep fire was contained for a vehicle-making stamping machine” The city firefighters coordinated with Tesla’s internal brigade, the Tesla Fire Response Team, to contain the fire within some hours.
Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
On Thursday night, the fire at the Fremont plant was under control with fire engines and a truck remained on site to monitor the situation. The cause of the fire was determined to be “molten aluminum and hydraulic fluid”.