Apple Provider Foxlink Halts Manufacturing At Indian Facility After Huge Fireplace

Apple didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

New Delhi:

Apple provider Foxlink has halted manufacturing at its meeting facility within the Southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and evacuated 400 of its staff after a large hearth right this moment, two native authorities officers advised Reuters.

Foxlink makes cables for iPhones. Roughly 50% of the equipment on the facility was broken and half of the constructing collapsed, stated J Ramanaiah, who leads the Catastrophe Response and Fireplace Providers Division for Tirupati district within the state, the place the incident occurred.

Administration has estimated harm of 1 billion Indian rupees ($12 million) on the facility, he stated, including there have been no casualties.

Apple didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. An official for Foxlink didn’t reply to calls.

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