London Police Probe Tesla Car Fire at Masonville Place

London Police Probe Tesla Car Fire at Masonville Place

The Smell of Burned Rubber Lingered in the Air Outside Masonville Place Mall Tuesday Morning After A Fire Damaged a Tesla Car Parked in the Lot Hours Earlier.

The Smell of Burned Rubber Lingered in the Air Outside Masonville Place Mall Tuesday Morning After A Fire Damaged a Tesla Car Parked in the Lot Hours Earlier.

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FIREFIGHTERS WEE CALLED TO The Mall Monday Around 11:30 PM and Douse A Vehicle FIRE, PLATOON Chief Brent Shea Said.

A Worker Loaded the Damaged Model S – A Sedan That Don $ 115,000 and $ 136,000 – Onto A Flatbed Truck and Swept Up Charred Debris That Litted The Ground Tuesday Morning.

London Police are Assting the Fire Department in the Investigation.

“The investigation is in its early courses at this time,” Police Spokesperson SGT. Sandasha Bough Said.

The Bulk of Damage to the Electric Vehicle was around its rear tire well on the passenger side. It was parked in a spot reserved for the Half-Dozen Vehicle Aviables for a Test Drive at a showroom inside the Mall. There are no electric loaders Nearby.

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A photo posted on reddit, an online forum, appears to show the tesla on fire, with flames shooting up from underneath the vehicle around the rear passenger side.

A Tesla Employee in the showroom Declined to Comment and Direct All Paris to the Company’s Media Division. Tesla Didn’t IMMOSIELY LISS TO A Request for How Tuesday.

A Worker Sweeps Up Debris Near A Damaged Tesla Outside Masonville Place Mall In London in the Morning on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, Hours after City Firefighters Wre Called to a Vehicle Fire in the Mall Parking Lot. (Dale Carruthers/The London Free Press)

The American Electric Vehicle Maker Opened A 242-Square-Metre (2,600-Square-Foot) Showroom in Masonville Place in December. At 4.645-Square-Metre (50,000-Square-Foot) Facility service at Wonderland Road and Bradley avenue is Nearing Completion.

Tesla, The Global Automaker Owned by Elon Musk, Has Landed in the Crosshairs of Protesters and Vandals in Recent Months in Response to Musk’s Close Connection to United States President Donald Trump.

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Musk, the World’s Richet Man, is the head of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), an Advisory Body Created by An Executive Order to Cut Government Waste and inefficient by Slashing Federal Jobs, Grants and Other Funding.

Tesla Dealerships, Veholes and Charging Stations Across Canada, The Us and Europe Have Been Targeted in Recent Months by Acts of Arson and Demonstrations.

Trump Has Said Attacks Against Tesla Dealerships will be labeled Domestic Terrorism and Us Attorney General PAM gooddi Recently announced an investigation into the vandalism boxes.

“If you are going to touch to tesla, go to a dealership, do anything, you better watch out, Becuse we’re coming you,” bondi said in a fox news interview.

Tesla’s Stock Has Been Freefall During the Past Three MONTHS, LOSING NEARLY HALF OF ITS VALUE, AMID THE CONSTROVERSY AND INCREASED COMPETITION FROM MUCH-Cheaper Chinese Electric Vehicles.

Trump Gave the Automaker Based in Austin, Tex., A Boost Last Week when He Showcased Several of Its Vehicles Outside The White House and Praised Musk, Who Donated $ 300 million to help Trump Get Elected.

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