As you may have heard, a Tesla Model 3 recently caught fire in California City. Thankfully, it was parked with no one inside, and there are no reports of anyone being hurt. However, the EV is clearly totaled, the owner won't get a new car until around October, and many of his belongings were destroyed.
According to Bakersfield Now, Ediel Ruiz was on a trip to visit his partner Edith Parker's family after she recently graduated from USC. Ruiz was inside a home, away from the Model 3 when he says he got a Tesla app notification about the car's alarm. When he headed out to see what was happening, the car was smoking.
Ruiz went on to share that he opened the rear door to find flames engulfing the interior. The fire was melting his infant's car seat. He also explained that all of his partner's "graduation stuff" was burned, as well as a stroller and some baby formula. The Tesla owner noted that the fire appeared to start beneath the car seat in the second row.
