Fire at Maxion Wheels plant in Spain

Firefighters have extinguished a blaze at the Maxion Wheels light vehicles steel wheel plant in Manresa, Spain. According to local media sources, the fire service received a call to the site at 6:45pm yesterday afternoon. They had brought the fire under control by 8:30pm. While there are no reported injuries, four pieces of plant machinery are apparently affected. The factory building’s roof has also sustained some damage.

Located 30 miles north of Barcelona, the 1960-inaugurated Manresa plant is capable of producing up to six million steel wheels a year. Maxion Wheels ships output from the plant to a range of OEM customers, including CNHi, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Mitsubishi, Nissan, PSA, TATA Motors and Volkswagen Group.