Two things keep me up at night, and one of them is a fire at the Corvette Assembly Plant. It’s not like it’s the first time a fire at the plant has happened.
WNKY reported that Bowling Green Fire Department and Hazmat crews were dispatched to the Corvette Assembly Plant late Monday evening after a car was reported to be on fire inside the plant. The good news so far it that it seems like it was investigated and “quickly downgraded.”
“Scanner traffic indicates that a vehicle caught on fire inside the building. It is believed lithium-ion batteries may be involved. According to scanner traffic, hazmat crews were called in but were quickly downgraded.”
WNKY says they spoke with the BGFD and they are currently investigating.
We searched Bowling Green-area media a little after 12 midnight and only WNKY is reporting this so far. The fact that it was quickly downgraded hopefully tells us that it was probably much ado about nothing. Mentioning the E-Ray’s lithium-ion batteries could have been more of a cautionary tip for the firefighters dispatched than an actual battery on fire. However, anytime Hazmat gets a callout to BGAP, we need to know more about what exactly happened.
We’ll update this story in the morning for any additional information.
Update
MECF reached out to the Plant’s spokesperson who replied with the following:
Good morning.
Bowling Green Assembly did not experience a fire. Our plant security team was notified about smoke and started investigating. Emergency services were immediately on the scene as a precaution and deemed the plant safe.
While it was a false alarm, we are proud of our plant team for immediately exercising caution and grateful for the expert response of the Bowling Green Fire Department.
No impact to first shift operations.
Thanks!
FYI, the other thing that keeps me up at night? Ordering a Corvette in a new color that I haven’t yet seen in person. IYKYK.
Source:
WNKY via MidEngineCorvetteForum.com
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They just had a manufacturing plant fire in South Korea that was likely caused by exploding lithium batteries. It killed 22 workers.
No EV stuff for me. Guess I will get a ZR1 instead.
I guess you’re going to order the new ‘purple’ color Z06? It might be similar to a Cadillac color I saw recently – should be pretty cool! No more sleepless nights….
Smoke but no fire??
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