A Tesla charging station was reportedly deliberately set on hearth early Monday morning, in response to hearth officers.
This incident comes amid anti-DOGE protests at Elon Musk’s Tesla shops, and after reviews of vandalism towards Tesla dealerships.
Massachusetts hearth investigators are asking for the general public’s assist, as they examine the early-morning hearth at a Tesla charging station in Littleton.
The Littleton Fireplace Division and Littleton Police Division responded to the Tesla Supercharger on Structure Avenue simply after 1 a.m. following a report from a neighbor who noticed the fireplace.
Upon arrival, firefighters noticed seven chargers with heavy hearth harm. After the Littleton Electrical Gentle & Water Division reduce energy to the units, they rapidly extinguished the fireplace and notified the State Police Fireplace Investigation Unit assigned to the State Fireplace Marshal’s workplace.
Based mostly on proof on the scene, hearth investigators decided that the fireplace had been deliberately set. Their investigation stays open and lively.
This incident comes after federal prosecutors charged a girl in reference to a string of vandalism towards a Colorado Tesla dealership, which included Molotov cocktails being thrown at automobiles and the phrases “Nazi cars” spray painted on the constructing — together with a message that appeared directed at Musk.
President Trump and cost-costing chief Musk’s Division of Authorities Effectivity, or DOGE, have been shifting to slash the dimensions of the federal authorities by large-scale layoffs, contract cancellations and different strikes.
Demonstrators have been gathering exterior Tesla shops to protest the automaker’s billionaire CEO, and his push to slash authorities spending.
Critics of Trump and Musk hope to discourage and stigmatize purchases of Tesla, the electrical automotive firm that’s the world’s most precious automaker. Liberal teams for weeks have organized anti-Tesla protests in hopes of galvanizing opposition to Musk’s Division of Authorities Effectivity and energizing Democrats nonetheless demoralized by Trump’s November victory.
Anybody with data on the Littleton hearth – together with anybody who made observations of individuals or automobiles within the space – is being requested to share it with the Arson Watch Reward Program Hotline at 1-800-682-9229.
The Arson Watch Reward Program is coordinated by the Massachusetts Property Insurance coverage Underwriting Affiliation. It gives rewards of as much as $5,000 for data that helps remedy, detect, or stop arson crimes. Tipsters can stay nameless if they want.
Herald wire providers have been used on this report.
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