On August 12th, 1967, a fire at the Hydra-Matic plant in Livonia, Michigan, completely destroyed the facility, cost some $80 million in damages, caused the injury or deaths of a score of workers.
The fire resulted in the loss of automobile production from five different manufacturers variously estimated at from 100,000 to 300,000 units.
Fire Facts
On January 16, 1967, with the National Housewares Manufacturers' Association exhibit about to open, the great building was destroyed by fire. The resulting Mayor's Committee to Investigate McCormick Place Fire recommended a number of revisions to the Chicago Municipal Code.
