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Employee hospitalized after explosion at GM factory

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DETROIT (WXYZ) — An employee was hospitalized after an explosion at the General Motors factory in Detroit on Thanksgiving Day.

It happened this afternoon at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center on 2500 E Grand Boulevard.

A spokesperson for the Detroit Fire Department tells us that a cylinder in the factory exploded. That employee injured was transported to the hospital, but they are expected to make a full recovery.

At this time it's unclear how the explosion happened, but DFD confirmed to us that it was nothing EV related.

GM released a statement on Thursday afternoon that said, "An incident occurred at Factory ZERO earlier today, resulting in one employee being transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Safety is our overriding priority and we will continue to investigate the cause of the incident."