Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Mishawaka, IN – Fire in test booth at manufacturing facility is extinguished by sprinkler system February 12, 2018 viking210 A fire broke out at AM General’s Mishawaka plant last Friday morning, causing an evacuation of employees. According to our partners at WSBT, Penn Township Fire Department responded to the call from AM General’s H1 plant around 8:30 a.m. today. Upon arrival the firefighters found that the plant’s sprinkler system had extinguished the fire after two to three minutes. AM General spokeswoman Deborah Reyes said in an email that the fire was confined to a vehicle roll test booth, and caused “negligible impact to the production process as it was halted during the fire inspection.” No injuries or illness were reported. Reyes said the company will make temporary adjustments to its production process without the use of the roll test booth, and added that the company’s safety drills and tests were successfully executed.
