Fire at Ford St. Petersburg, Russia plant

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Thankfully nobody was injured.

 

http://www.newliferadio.com/news/23767/

 

 

Here is a translation of the story:

 

News / Manufacture at factory Ford in Всеволжске is stopped because of a fire

 

Manufacture at factory Ford Motor Company in Vsevolozhsk area of Leningrad region has been suspended on Friday in the evening in connection with a fire in a warehouse where details for cars were stored, Ekaterina Kulinenko has informed on Saturday the press-secretary of Russian division Ford.

 

"On Friday in the evening manufacture at a factory has been stopped because of a fire in a warehouse where there were spare parts for assembly of cars. From manufacture people have been evacuated, nobody has suffered. Today and tomorrow at a factory the day off, and on Monday the decision on renewal of manufacture " will be accepted, - has told Кулиненко.

 

It has added, that on Monday the sum of damage from a fire will be established also.

 

The fire in a warehouse with autospare parts in Vsevolozhsk area has occured on Friday in the evening. As have informed in Central administrative board of the Ministry of Emergency Measures on region, the area of a fire in a hangar belonging Open Company " Russian diesel engine ", has made nearby 6,5 тыс.кв. Meters. Fire extinguished more than 50 person of staff and 16 units of technics.

 

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Fire extinguished more than 50 person of staff and 16 units of technics.

Well, it said nobody was killed, so I guess it was put out by more than 50 person of staff and 16 units of technics. Sure glad they had enough technics.

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Yes, that's a good thing thad they had enough technics to help put out the fire!

 

By the way, here's a car that was likely built at the same plant. It's a Focus Taxi.

 

The company name is "Taxi Joker". I took the picture in Odessa, Ukraine, which is known as the 'City of Humor'.