ルネサス工場で火災　車向け半導体供給に影響の恐れ

　半導体大手のルネサスエレクトロニクスは１９日、那珂工場（茨城県ひたちなか市）で火災が発生したと発表した。この影響で一部生産が止まっており、半導体の供給に影響が出る恐れがある。警察と消防が２０日午前９時から現場検証を行う。（2021/03/20-01:18）

A fire has hit major Japanese semiconductor maker Renesas Electronics Corp.'s plant in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.
   Operations at the plant have been partially suspended, possibly affecting supplies of chip products, according to the company. The plant in the city of Hitachinaka makes mainly semiconductors for automobiles.
   The fire broke out on the first floor of the plant around 2:47 a.m. Friday (5:47 p.m. Thursday GMT) and was extinguished about five and a half hours later, around 8:12 a.m., Renesas officials said.
   The cause of the fire and the extent of damage are not immediately known, the officials said.
   It remains to be seen at the moment when the Hitachinaka plant will be able to resume operations, according to the firm's public relations department