Foxlink, an Apple supplier, is said to have halted production at an Indian plant following a massive fire

According to a Fire Department official, roughly half of the machinery at the facility was damage, and half of the building collapsed.

Foxlink, an Apple supplier, has halted production at its assembly plant in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and evacuated 400 of its employees following a massive fire on Monday, according to two local government officials.

Foxlink manufactures iPhone cables. According to J Ramanaiah, who leads the Disaster Response and Fire Services Department for Tirupati district in the state. Where the incident occurr, roughly half of the machinery at the facility was damage, and half of the building collapse.

The facility’s management has estimated damage of Rs. 100 crore, he said, adding that there were no casualties.

Apple did not respond immediately to a request for comment. Foxlink officials did not return phone calls.

Meanwhile, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen recently stated that technology companies such as Apple and Google had expanded. Their phone production in India, inspiring more US companies to strengthen ties in the technology sector with India.

“I am eager to strengthen my connections in the technology sector. The United States is advancing a “friend-shoring” strategy to strengthen our supply chains’ resilience. We are doing so by strengthening our ties with our many reliable trading partners, including India. We are seeing progress; for example, technology companies such as Apple and Google have increased phone production in India, “Yellen stated.

She made the remarks during a roundtable discussion with US and Indian tech business leaders in Bengaluru as part of India’s G20 presidency.

Indeed, Salcomp, a Finnish supplier to Apple, is reportedly looking to more than double. Its workforce in India to nearly 25,000 over the next 2-3 years, according to a company executive.