The authorities are investigating a Monday incident in which seven Tesla charging stations were consumed by fire near Boston, Massachusetts.
The Littleton Police Department said in a statement that the fire is suspected to have been intentional. No injuries were reported.
The police responded to reports of the fires at The Point Shopping Center in Littleton, Massachusetts, just after 1 a.m. Upon arrival, the officers found that six Tesla charging stations were “engulfed in flames and heavy, dark smoke,” according to the police statement.
The authorities then reached out to the Littleton Electric Light & Water Department, but a seventh charging station caught fire as they waited for the department to arrive.
The fire department then put out the fire after the Electric Light & Water Department cut power to the charging devices.
The fire is being investigated by the Littleton Police Department, the Littleton Fire Department, and the Massachusetts State Police Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit.
If intentional, the fire would fall in line with other recent instances of suspected arson against Tesla, including one last week in which the 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 target of a suspected arson attack on Tuesday.
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Tesla, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, has been the target of protests as Musk took on the responsibility as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, a makeshift department instated by President Donald Trump. Musk, who appears to be Trump’s right-hand man, has aided in the firing of thousands of federal employees.
On Saturday, anti-Musk protests occurred at least 90 Tesla shops and charging station locations across the country as part of the “Tesla Takedown” movement. Nine people were arrested in a New York “Tesla Takedown” protest on Saturday.
A representative for Tesla did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.