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Fire at Canadian Tire distribution centre running Attabotics robotic storage system

S4 · 03/15
2023 · Attabotics · Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Record

CompanyAttabotics
Categorywarehouse automation
Typefire
Date03/15
2023
Time of daynot documented
LocationBrampton, Ontario, Canada · Canadian Tire distribution centre
SeverityS4 (serious injury, total loss, or grounding)
Scale1 facility, $67.7M in reported costs
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceBetaKit

What happened

A fire broke out March 15, 2023 at Canadian Tire's automated distribution centre in Brampton, Ontario, where Attabotics' 3D robotic storage-and-retrieval system was deployed. Canadian Tire reported $67.7 million in fire-related costs; Attabotics sued Canadian Tire alleging negligence caused the blaze that destroyed its equipment, while Canadian Tire said the cause was still under investigation.

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