The authorities are looking into a Monday incident in which seven Tesla charging stations were destroyed by fire near Boston, Massachusetts.
According to the Littleton Police Department, the fire appears to have been intentional. There were no injuries reported.
Police responded to reports of fires at The Point Shopping Center in Littleton, Massachusetts, shortly after 1 a.m. When the officers arrived, they discovered six Tesla charging stations “engulfed in flames and heavy, dark smoke,” according to the police statement.
The authorities then contacted the Littleton Electric Light & Water Department, but a seventh charging station caught fire while they waited for them to arrive.
The fire department extinguished the fire after the Electric Light and Water Department turned off the power to the charging devices.
The Littleton Police Department, Littleton Fire Department, and the Massachusetts State Police Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit are all investigating the fire.
If the fire was intentional, it would be consistent with other recent reports of suspected arson against Tesla, including one last week in which authorities arrested a suspect accused of attempting to set fire to a Tesla dealership in Loveland, Colorado. Similarly, Tesla’s factory in Grünheid, Germany, was the site of a suspected arson attack on Tuesday.
Tesla, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, has been the target of protests since Musk took over as head of the Department of Government Efficiency, a makeshift department established by President Donald Trump. Musk, who appears to be Trump’s right hand man, has assisted in the dismissal of thousands of federal workers.
As part of the “Tesla Takedown” movement, anti-Musk protests were held in at least 90 Tesla shops and charging stations across the country on Saturday. Nine people were arrested during a “Tesla Takedown” protest in New York on Saturday.
A Tesla spokesperson did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.
