A look inside Coventry Jaguar Factory after the 1957 fire ripped through
- 4th May 2022
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- Posted by Ruth Vant
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The factory and hundreds of cars were destroyed.
Back in 1957, a fire ripped through Coventry’s Jaguar factory. On February 12, the blaze broke out at the Browns Lane, Allesley plant.
Image: Conventry Live
It started in one of the main assembly halls on the Tuesday evening. At the time it was reported all but a few staff members had left when the fire consumed a third of the factory.
Hundreds of newly built cars were destroyed but luckily no one was seriously injured. And only a few hours after fire crews extinguished the fire, Jaguar workers returned to clear the assembly lines of wreckage – they managed to save bolts and other spare parts which were used again.
