Oswego, N.Y. – Crews at the massive Novelis aluminum plant in Oswego County are working around the clock to repair fire damage that is costing one of its major customers $1 billion in lost truck sales.

Novelis released photos Friday showing workers installing new steel trusses in a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week operation to replace a 40,000-square-foot section of roof on the plant’s hot mill.

The roof was damaged in a fire the night of Sept. 16 that took more than 20 fire departments four hours to extinguish. The cause is under investigation.

Employees safely evacuated the plant during the fire. No one was injured. But the damage to the hot mill has temporarily shut down the plant’s ability to heat aluminum ingots, the first step in making rolls of aluminum sheets that automakers like For

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