Multiple Tesla vehicles were set on fire in Las Vegas and Kansas City

by Shivendra Singh · March 19, 2025

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A month of anti-Tesla dissent escalated this week with two reports of Teslas catching fire in Las Vegas and Kansas City.

The first incident happened early Tuesday morning at a Tesla collision center in Las Vegas, where police say a suspect in all-black gear hit several vehicles with Molotov cocktails and three bullets and painted the word “resist” on the doors of the facility, as reported earlier by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

During a press conference, Deputy Fire Chief Jennifer Wyatt said the fire department was able to extinguish two Tesla vehicles before the batteries ignited. FBI Special Agent Spencer Evans also spoke at the press conference, saying the incident was initially categorized as arson and is now being investigated by the FBI’s joint terrorism task force. “I encourage anyone that’s considering something like this to seriously reconsider,” Evans said.

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