Andover CFC destroyed by fire after robot battery-charger fault
S4 · not documented · Ocado Intelligent Automation · Andover, England, UK
Record
| Company | Ocado Intelligent Automation |
| Industry | Warehouse automation |
| Type(s) | fire |
| Date | not documented (date not documented) |
| Time of day | 01:41 GMT |
| Location | Andover, England, UK · Ocado Andover CFC |
| Severity | (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | 1 full customer fulfilment centre destroyed; facility handled ~30,000 deliveries/week |
| Confidence | high |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
An electrical fault in a first-generation battery charging unit at the edge of the ambient storage grid ignited the plastic lid of a grocery-picking robot, and the resulting blaze destroyed the majority of Ocado's Andover, UK customer fulfilment centre. Around 200 firefighters and 20 engines fought the fire, with damages estimated above £100 million.
Primary source
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (also Euronews, Reuters coverage)
Publisher: Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (also Euronews, Reuters coverage) · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| not documented | Andover CFC destroyed by fire after robot battery-charger fault | Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (also Euronews, Reuters coverage) | Hampshire Fire and Rescu |
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