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Ford Motor faces a complete production shutdown of its profit-driving F-150 pickups after a fire at a parts manufacturer.
"It is a very fluid situation," company spokeswoman Kelli Felker said Tuesday.
A major fire at Meridian Magnesium Products in Eaton Rapids, Mich., on May 2 created an unavoidable disruption. Ford has been working with the die-cast parts manufacturer since the incident.
The truck side of the Ford Kansas City Assembly Plant in Missouri shut down this week because of the parts shortage caused by the fire, sending about 3,600 workers home, Felker confirmed.
A decision is pending on when or if the Dearborn, Mich., Truck Plant will shut down, which would affect another 4,000 workers.

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