There was panic in Sweden on Saturday as the Koenigsegg supercar factory went up in flames.
Fire crews were called to the factory Margerethetorp 2:20 in the afternoon after reports of flames coming from one of the buildings.
Fire spread to other buildings and staff and local villages frantically moved partly built cars our of the path of the fire, while fire crews from five cities doused the flames.
Thanks to the efforts of those involved, a number of cars were saved in various states of completion and many of the manufacturing tools and components were saved. Some of the cars suffered broken windows as staff smashed their way in to move them.
No one was injured in the blaze and new production facilities have already been found at the abandoned Swedish Airforce F10 in Angelholm. Christian Koenigsegg hopes that manufacture can begin again next week.
Thanks to Carl Puur for this story.
