London, Ont., police investigate 'suspicious' Tesla fire in mall parking lot

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 19, 2025 4:13 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

A Tesla conveyance occurrence successful a London, Ont., parking batch connected Monday nighttime is being investigated arsenic suspicious, police announced Wednesday afternoon.

The occurrence happened astatine 11:30 p.m. ET on March 17, and the conveyance was a 2025 4-door Tesla Model S, the London Police Service said. It was parked successful the parking batch of CF Masonville Place, a promenade successful the city's northbound end.

There were nary injuries reported in transportation to the fire.

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The conveyance sustained important damage, with constabulary estimating a outgo of $140,000.

Although the circumstances surrounding the fire are inactive unknown, Tesla vehicles and dealerships person been the people of expanding instances of vandalism, protest and demolition successful caller weeks, some successful Canada and the United States.

On Wednesday, a Montreal Tesla dealership was vandalized by activists who covered its beforehand entranceway successful paint. One time prior, the Vancouver International Auto Show announced the removal of Tesla from the show, vaguely citing information concerns arsenic a reason. 

Acts of vandalism against the electrical conveyance shaper person multiplied since U.S. President Donald Trump took bureau and appointed Musk, considered the world's richest man, to oversee the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has been slashing authorities spending and programs.

CBC News has reached retired to Tesla for comment, but did not person a effect astatine the clip of publication.

Cadillac Fairview, the mall's owner, directed each questions to London police.

London constabulary are asking the nationalist for their assistance successful the investigation, specifically done sharing dash-cam, residential oregon concern surveillance camera footage.

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