Nov 20 (Reuters) - Another fire ignited on Thursday at

Novelis' aluminum plant in Oswego, New York, that supplies

Ford's lucrative F-150 truck line, about two months after

a blaze halted much of the facility's production.

Ford in October cut its profit forecast, citing a gross hit of

up to $2 billion from the incident. The Dearborn, Michigan,

automaker expects to offset about $1 billion of that next year

by increasing production at certain truck plants, it said in

October.

While Novelis also supplies other automakers, Ford is a

major consumer because its trucks use a largely aluminum body.

The automaker indefinitely paused production of its F-150

Lightning electric pickup in Michigan after the September fire,

and output of its gas-powered trucks has also been disrupted.

The Oswego plant also had a small fire in October.

Novelis in October said it planned to restart operations at

the affected part of the plant by the end of December, an

acceleration from its previous projection of resuming by the

first quarter of 2026. A Novelis spokesperson said it was too

soon to say if Thursday's fire would delay that timeline.