S4 · 03/15
2023 ·
Attabotics · Brampton, Ontario, Canada
| Company | Attabotics |
| Category | warehouse automation |
| Type | fire |
| Date | 03/15 2023 |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | Brampton, Ontario, Canada · Canadian Tire distribution centre |
| Severity | S4 (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | 1 facility, $67.7M in reported costs |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verification | Yes - adversarially checked against the cited source |
| Source | BetaKit |
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.