A Tesla was reportedly set on fire in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighbourhood on Thursday (13 March).
The car appeared to have been targeted at the front bonnet end of the vehicle, resulting in a scorch mark and damage to the interior plastic.
A firefighter at the scene said: "As far as I know, somebody lit it on fire and we put it out. Allegedly somebody saw a suspect throw gas on it but we weren't here to witness it personally."
The incident follows shocking scenes of anti-Tesla protests in America this week, with Washington state seeing protests and vandalism targeting Tesla facilities and vehicles.
Earlier this week, several Tesla vehicles parked at public charging stations in the Seattle area were reportedly vandalised, while a Tesla charger station in Centralia was defaced with graffiti, including anti-Elon Musk messages and political slogans including "Burn Nazi Cars, Kill Elon.”
The car appeared to have been targeted at the front bonnet end of the vehicle, resulting in a scorch mark and damage to the interior plastic.
A firefighter at the scene said: "As far as I know, somebody lit it on fire and we put it out. Allegedly somebody saw a suspect throw gas on it but we weren't here to witness it personally."
The incident follows shocking scenes of anti-Tesla protests in America this week, with Washington state seeing protests and vandalism targeting Tesla facilities and vehicles.
Earlier this week, several Tesla vehicles parked at public charging stations in the Seattle area were reportedly vandalised, while a Tesla charger station in Centralia was defaced with graffiti, including anti-Elon Musk messages and political slogans including "Burn Nazi Cars, Kill Elon.”
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00:00All right, we've got Seattle Fire here, we've got SPD, it's absolutely out of control.
00:24All right, here it is.
00:37Witnesses say they saw two people dressed in black throwing an accelerant on top of
00:43this Tesla.
00:45Thankfully firefighters made it onto the scene.
00:47Guys, can you tell me what happened here?
00:50As far as I know, somebody lit it on fire and they put it out.
00:54Wow, do they have any suspects right now?
00:57Allegedly, somebody saw somebody throw gas on it, but they weren't here to witness it
01:03personally.
01:04So, that's all I know for right now.
01:06All right, thank you so much.
01:08Again, you're hearing from fire officials right now, we're on the scene in Seattle's
01:12Capitol Hill neighborhood, 15th and Harrison.
01:17You fine?
01:19No sir.
01:20There goes the Tesla.
01:25Looks like a relatively new Tesla.
01:30And you can see near the hood, that's where investigators are now looking.
01:40Unbelievable.
01:42It's not as bad as some of the other Tesla fires, it looks like crews got here pretty
01:47early, put it out right away, and you can see investigators here now on the scene.
01:57Seattle Fire, again, doing a great job here right now.
02:12So this is the corner of 15th Ave East and East Harrison.
02:18A lot of folks right now just having dinner.
02:25And then they see the Tesla on fire.
02:30All right, so we're getting another look inside.
02:41Looks like they just got inside here.
02:47Internal damage doesn't look that bad.
02:51Oh, sorry, you want to jump in there?