General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant Credit: Google Earth image

After an explosion was reported at the General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, firefighters rushed to the scene.

Reports say that the Hamtramck Fire Department received a call just after 10 a.m. this morning.

A GM spokesperson confirmed that first responders were on the premises.

A reporter for FOX2 was told by authorities that a filter pump on a rust inhibitor tank exploded.

The factory, which straddles the Detroit-Hamtramck border, is where the automaker manufactures such models as the Buick LaCrosse, Cadillac CT6, Chevrolet Volt and the Chevrolet Impala.

The plant was built in the mid-1980s after an entire neighborhood was razed to make way for it.

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Born in 1969 at Mount Carmel hospital in Detroit, Jackman grew up just 100 yards from the Detroit city line in east Dearborn. Jackman has attended New York University, the School of Visual Arts, Northwestern...

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