A fire broke out at a factory in Xi'an, an important producing area of BYD's popular models, and responded that there were no casualties.

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In response, BYD responded: "there are no casualties, the fire has been put out, but the cause of the fire is not clear."

CTOnews.com learned from the official Weibo of Xi'an High-tech Industrial Development Zone that a fire broke out in the material area of workshop No. 1 of BYD Pangguan production base at 11:15 on June 1, 2023. After the fire broke out, the public security, fire fighting, emergency and other units of Xi'an High-tech Zone dealt with it on the spot. By 14:11, all the open fires had been put out and there were no casualties. At present, the investigation into the specific cause of the fire is under way.

Data show that Xi'an factory is currently one of the main factories in BYD production, shouldering the production of Qin PLUS DM-i, Song PLUS DM-i and other popular models.

According to the website of the people's Government of Shaanxi Province, the planned annual production capacity of the first and second phases of BYD's Xi'an production base is 300000 vehicles. With the production of BYD Xi'an Phase III in September 2022, its production capacity has been upgraded again. It is reported that the expansion of the fourth phase of the plant has also begun to layout, and the annual production capacity of the Xi'an BYD plant may exceed one million in the future.