An article transport facility that transports an article (W) using a transport vehicle that travels along a travel path , comprising: a fire detection device that detects occurrence of a fire; a fire protection door that can move from an open position at which the transport vehicle can travel along the travel path to a closed position at which the travel path is blocked, when occurrence of a fire has been detected; and a control portion (H) that controls the transport vehicle , characterized in that : the control portion (H) includes: a subject-vehicle position information acquisition portion that acquires subject-vehicle position information (P1) which is information regarding a position of a subject vehicle on the travel path , the subject vehicle being a transport vehicle to be controlled; an interference area storage portion that stores, as an interference area (E), an area in which the transport vehicle is located in a state in which a portion of the transport vehicle overlaps a door trajectory , which is a movement trajectory of the fire protection door , on the travel path ; and an another-vehicle information acquisition portion that acquires another-vehicle information (F2), which is a traveling state of another vehicle , which is a transport vehicle that is different from the subject vehicle and that travels along the travel path , and the control portion (H) prohibits the whole subject vehicle from entering the interference area (E) if it is determined, based on the another-vehicle information (F2) and information regarding the interference area (E), that the interference area (E) is present between the another vehicle located forward of the subject vehicle and the subject vehicle , and that a stoppable area (S) corresponding to a length of the transport vehicle along the travel path is not secured between a rear end position of the another vehicle and the fire protection door . a fire detection device that detects occurrence of a fire; a fire protection door that can move from an open position at which the transport vehicle can travel along the travel path to a closed position at which the travel path is blocked, when occurrence of a fire has been detected; and a control portion (H) that controls the transport vehicle , characterized in that : the control portion (H) includes: a subject-vehicle position information acquisition portion that acquires subject-vehicle position information (P1) which is information regarding a position of a subject vehicle on the travel path , the subject vehicle being a transport vehicle to be controlled; an interference area storage portion that stores, as an interference area (E), an area in which the transport vehicle is located in a state in which a portion of the transport vehicle overlaps a door trajectory , which is a movement trajectory of the fire protection door , on the travel path ; and an another-vehicle information acquisition portion that acquires another-vehicle information (F2), which is a traveling state of another vehicle , which is a transport vehicle that is different from the subject vehicle and that travels along the travel path , and the control portion (H) prohibits the whole subject vehicle from entering the interference area (E) if it is determined, based on the another-vehicle information (F2) and information regarding the interference area (E), that the interference area (E) is present between the another vehicle located forward of the subject vehicle and the subject vehicle , and that a stoppable area (S) corresponding to a length of the transport vehicle along the travel path is not secured between a rear end position of the another vehicle and the fire protection door . <EOS>