Pegatron’s iPhone assembly plant located in Chennai, India has remained shut down for a third day, following a factory fire. The plant may not open this week at all.
On Sunday, Pegatron halted production lines for iPhones at its Chennai plant, after a “fire incident.” While the stoppage was described as temporary at the time, the shutdown has now been closed for three days.
Pegatron said the fire was caused by a “spark incident” that didn’t cause injuries, and that the fire did not have any “financial or operational impact” on the company, reports Reuters. Pegatron called off shifts that were due to take place on Monday and Tuesday as a “precautionary measure.”
The publication says its sources tell it that the plant may not reopen on Wednesday either. Repair work at the plant could potentially lead to a week-long shutdown.
Independent surveyors have reportedly assessed the fire damage for Pegatron and report sources say Apple representatives are working with the assembly partner over the incident.
A skeleton crew worked at the facility on Tuesday, as a fleet of buses normally used to ferry employees to work sat idle.
A state industry safety official said the fire had started from a charging rack, used to test assembled devices, on the first floor of the building. The approximately 29 workers that were in the area at the time of the fire quickly evacuated once black smoke was visible.
Six machines were damaged in the fire, said the official, the report did not explain what functions the damaged machines performed.
