Extensive damage from a fire at Tata Group’s Apple iPhone component plant could hamper production ahead of a festive season sales surge, an industry watcher and a source said, forcing the U.S. firm’s suppliers to arrange critical parts from China or elsewhere.

Apple may need to source critical iPhone components from China after a fire at Tata Group’s plant in southern India caused significant production disruptions, according to industry insiders. The fire at the Hosur facility in Tamil Nadu,

Tata Electronics said on Thursday that it will restart some of its operations at the fire-hit plant in southern India, which makes Apple iPhone components.

Tata's iPhone factory in India has now been closed indefinitely after a fire, and Apple may have to turn back to China to avoid a shortfall in production.

Indian authorities are set to begin a forensic investigation into the cause of a fire that broke out on Saturday at a Tata Electronics factory that makes components for Apple iPhones, a Tamil Nadu state official said on Sunday.

Tata Electronics said on Thursday it will restart some of its operations at the fire-hit plant in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, which makes Apple iPhone components. A fire broke out in one of the six units at the plant in the early hours of Saturday.

Tata Electronics plans to restart operations at its Tamil Nadu facility, which manufactures Apple iPhone parts after a recent fire.

Report source from BENGALURU in NEW DELHI says that there is significant damage from a fire at the southern Indian Tata Group facility that makes Apple