Fire burns 4 Tesla Cybertrucks in Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood

SEATTLE — Four Tesla Cybertrucks were damaged or destroyed in a fire at a lot in Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood late Sunday night, raising questions about possible arson and the motive behind it.

The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) has not yet said whether foul play was suspected as the cause of the fire, which is under investigation.

Photos and video from a Seattle Department of Transportation traffic camera shows the moment the trucks went up in flames shortly after 11 p.m.

The trucks were parked in a fenced lot near 2nd Ave and Spokane Street, along with at least 50 other electric vehicles, which are held until they’re ready to be dropped off at a dealership or picked up by a buyer.

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Firefighters with flashlights arrived and put out the flames. Video from the KOMO 4 Drone showed the aftermath. The flames reduced one Cybertruck to little more than a charred hunk of metal. Half of another was badly burned with melted windows. Two others have much less damage.

The SFD Energy Response Team also responded in case of possible fire hazards from the vehicles’ lithium-ion batteries.

The fire raises questions about whether it could be connected to protests in Seattle and across the nation against Tesla owner Elon Musk and his role in the Trump administration with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cutting more than 62,000 federal jobs.

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A Cybertruck sells for at least $80,000.