Aerial view of Tesla’s Fremont factory in Fremont, California on April 24, 2024.
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A fire occurred in TeslaOn Monday afternoon, the company’s automotive assembly plant in Fremont, Calif., according to a statement released by the Fremont Fire Department. Social NetworkX.
No employees or firefighters were injured at the scene, the department said.
A fire broke out at the Tesla factory at 45500 Fremont Avenue just before 5:00 p.m. An unknown number of firefighters put out the fire. The incident was described as a two-level commercial structure fire inside a two-story building.
The department said the fire apparently originated in an oven used in a car manufacturing operation, adding cause of fire As of Monday evening, the company was “under investigation.”
The department said the blaze was “out” within hours and firefighters were evacuated from the scene as of about 8 p.m.
The Fremont factory is Tesla’s first large-scale electric vehicle manufacturing plant. It first produces the company’s popular Model 3 sedan and Model Y crossover utility vehicle, as well as the higher-end Model S sedan and Model X SUV with falcon wing doors.
On May 17, 2024, Tesla celebrated milestone Its Fremont plant and battery factory outside Reno, Nevada, say they have produced more than 3 million vehicles.
Monday’s fire followed widespread layoffs at the automaker led by Elon Musk. Tesla recently laid off another 601 employees in California, including 164 at the Fremont factory.
The latest round of layoffs in Fremont includes two environmental health and safety (EHS) directors, as well as numerous other personnel involved in EHS, safety, equipment maintenance and emergency services, according to documents filed by the company with the California government. Development Division.
There was a fire at Tesla’s Fremont factory. For example, there were multiple fire incidents at the factory from 2014 to 2018, with indoor and outdoor fires occurring in 2018 alone, and more fires occurring in 2019 and 2021.
Fires have occurred at the Fremont plant in the past, sometimes causing production to be suspended.
Tesla did not respond to a request for more information late Monday.
Local environmental watchdog the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAMQD) recently accused Tesla of allowing the Fremont plant to “not reduce emissions” and said toxic air pollution should have been avoided.
BAAMQD is currently seeking tax reduction order This will force Tesla to make adjustments to its factory operations to prevent further pollution.
BAAMQD told CNBC via email on Monday night that it was “aware of the fire and is assessing the situation” in Alameda County.
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