Foxlink, the supplier of Apple, has put its assembly facility in Andhra Pradesh on pause and evacuated 400 employees after a massive fire, two local government officials told a news source.
Foxlink manufactures cables for iPhones. Almost 50% of the machinery was damaged at the facility and half of the building collapsed, said J Ramanaiah, who leads the Disaster Response and Fire Services Department for Tirupati district in the state, where the incident occurred.
Management has estimated damage of ₹ 1 billion ($12 million) at the facility, he said, adding there were no casualties.
