NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- A fire broke out at a Toyota Motor Corp. plant near its headquarters in central Japan on Wednesday, burning a vehicle and forcing workers to evacuate before it was extinguished nearly four hours later, the company and other sources said.

The fire, which started at a facility where car performance tests are conducted, did not spread to surrounding equipment on the premises in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture. No injuries were reported and production was unaffected, the automaker said.

Local firefighters received a call that a vehicle was burning on the first floor of the building at around 11:40 a.m. About 10 employees were nearby when the fire occurred, and all of them were evacuated.