By Patrick George
Investigators are probing the cause of a fire that burned a section of a large automotive glass plant near Dayton, Ohio, that supplies components to several major automakers.
The roof of the Fuyao Glass America plant, said to be one of the largest automotive glass manufacturing plants in the world, caught fire around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, according to city officials in Moraine, Ohio.
The blaze was under control by Tuesday evening. City officials said no factory employees or fire crews were injured. Videos posted to YouTube and social media show that the fire could be seen from miles away on Sunday night.
A Fuyao spokeswoman didn't return a request for comment.
Fuyao's website says the factory supplies windshields, windows and similar products to General Motors, Ford Motor, BMW, Honda and other automakers.
GM and Jeep parent Stellantis both said they don't expect any impact from the fire. Ford declined to comment. Representatives from Honda didn't respond to requests for comment; a BMW spokesman couldn't immediately provide any information.
The Chinese glassmaker established the factory after taking over a closed GM plant a decade ago. Fuyao Glass America has since become a major automotive supplier that employs more than 3,000 workers. It was the subject of an Oscar-winning Netflix documentary, "American Factory."
The plant has also drawn controversy. Critics have accused Fuyao of undercutting local, longstanding rivals with low prices that can't be matched, as well as unfair business and labor practices, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this year.
Federal authorities raided the plant in 2024, alleging that Fuyao and its affiliate companies conspired to transport, house and employ undocumented immigrants. No one has been criminally charged in the case. Fuyao has denied any wrongdoing.
A company spokeswoman said in February that all employees at the plant were authorized to work in the U.S., and that the investigation targeted suppliers, not Fuyao.
In recent years, automakers have incurred costly charges from supply-chain disruptions. Ford took a $2 billion hit last year after two fires at a Novelis-owned aluminum plant in upstate New York triggered outages that lasted for months.
Write to Patrick George at patrick.george@wsj.com
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