WENTZVILLE, Mo. — General Motors said Tuesday there’s no “immediate impact” on its Wentzville assembly plant from a major fire at a parts supplier in Kentucky.
“The team is still closely monitoring the supply chain, but at this time they don’t expect that fire to impact production,” a GM spokesperson said. The spokesperson added that the Wentzville plant has a “solid supply” of truck frames from the supplier.
The fire at Metalsa in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, activated an automatic alarm at 1:45 a.m. Tuesday, Kentucky Today reported. In a 12:32 p.m. release, Hopkinsville Fire Department Chief Steve Futrell said firefighters were still battling the blaze, which started in underground pits and caused the roof to collapse.
In addition to GM, Metalsa supplies parts for automakers, including Ford, Honda, BMW and Mercedes Benz, according to its website. Metalsa also has U.S. manufacturing plants in Elizabethtown, Kentucky; and Roanoke, Virginia.
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