Explosion and fire at Chrysler's Windsor assembly plant
Around 12:30PM EST today, Chrysler's Windsor assembly plant in Canada, which produces an assortment of the automaker's minivans, caught fire after a reported explosion. Eyewitness reports claim that the explosion was followed by large plumes of black smoke emanating from the northwest corner of the center. Fire crews have cordoned off part of the plant around Drouillard Road and all of the employees have been evacuated. We'll update this post with more information as it becomes available, so stay tuned. Thanks for the tip, Alan.
UPDATE 4:40 PM EST: Workers were allowed back into the plant after the fire was extinguished. Apparently a vehicle on the repair line caught fire, but workers were able to control the blaze. No injuries reported at this time. [Source: MLive]
[Source: Canada.com, Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Kris 3:17PM (3/10/2008)
More info (btw, im about 3 miles up the road at work and didnt see any smoke so it must not have been too large):
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/local/story.html?id=c56ec277-3d6a-41f4-9f15-5c1d51480b73&k=52299
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J.Crew 3:29PM (3/10/2008)
Hopefully no major issues from this fire and glad to hear no one was hurt. Oddly enough I sent autoblog a link regarding the TRW strike affecting the WAP and they did not report on it.
tbirdman 3:20PM (3/10/2008)
glad no one was hurt. but maybe another way of cerberous downsizing.
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MemphisNET 3:25PM (3/10/2008)
Pretty cold man...
Wasn't there a fire/equipment malfunction at a Porsche factory last week?
tbirdman 3:39PM (3/10/2008)
pretty cold, yes. but after reading the article that kris posted i noticed i was wrong.
SPG 3:21PM (3/10/2008)
Wow, I hope nobody got hurt or worse.
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Kris 3:51PM (3/10/2008)
Just swung by, for most part, things look as they normally would (other than a few news van and EMS vehicles still mulling around the area)
But yeah, glad to see no one was hurt (Windsor's been hurting enough latley...more specifically, thanks to DCX, Ford, and GM lay-offs/closings).
Any deaths or injuries would kill what little moral is left down here...)
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Gstill 10:14PM (3/10/2008)
Chrysler is going down in flames.....now with actual real flames!
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Kelthas 6:44PM (3/10/2008)
They wanted to fake Porsche. :p
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Tom 4:39PM (3/11/2008)
"Apparently a vehicle on the repair line caught fire"
It must have become self-aware.
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