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DETROIT — A fire that closed an auto parts plant near Detroit earlier this week is now having ripple effects on five automakers, forcing two of them to close plants or cut production because they’ve run short of parts.
The impact of the blaze, at a Magna International Inc. interior parts plant near Howell, Mich., shows how years of work to make auto plants more efficient can fall apart when something interrupts the flow of parts in an intricate supply chain.
