CATL said there were no casualties in the incident, which occurred in the city of Ningde at noon on Sunday and was still under investigation, in a reply to Reuters. "The product volume affected is relatively small, and the impact to CATL's overall production operation is relatively small," the company said.

A FIRE broke out on Sunday at a factory belonging to Chinese battery giant CATL, which supplies electric vehicle makers including Tesla, but only a “relatively small” impact on operations is expected,

CATL produces more than a third of the electric vehicle batteries sold worldwide by automakers, including Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Volkswagen, Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai.

China's CATL said a small number of products were affected by a fire at its battery factory and the impact on overall production and operations will be small, in comments posted on a Shenzhen Stock Exchange platform.

China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) announced that a fire at its battery factory in Fujian province has caused limited disruption to production, with a relatively small number of products affected.