SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle hearth officers mentioned a late Sunday hearth that broken 4 Tesla Cybertrucks is beneath investigation.
The 4 Cybertrucks have been parked in a Tesla lot in Seattle’s industrial district.
Nobody was injured, and the 4 vehicles have been the one property broken. The primary name got here at 11:13 p.m. Sunday, mentioned David Cuerpo, Seattle Fireplace spokesperson.
Tesla has been a goal of protests and vandalism within the U.S. and elsewhere after CEO Elon Musk took a distinguished function in President Donald Trump’s administration. Individuals have protested Musk’s Division of Authorities Effectivity, or DOGE, which has been transferring to slash the dimensions of the federal authorities by large-scale layoffs, contract cancellations and different strikes.
Police in Oregon final week mentioned they’re working with the FBI to research gunshots fired at a Tesla dealership. That capturing got here every week after federal prosecutors in Denver charged a girl in reference to vandalism in opposition to a Tesla dealership in Colorado, together with Molotov cocktails being thrown at automobiles and the phrases “Nazi cars” spray-painted on the constructing.