Electrical semi truck maker suspects ‘foul play’ after semis burn at firm headquarters in Phoenix

The Nikola Motor Firm says that they imagine that an early morning that destroyed a number of electrical semi vehicles was set deliberately.

The Phoenix Hearth Division responded to Nikola’s firm headquarters at fortieth Road and Broadway Highway in Phoenix, Arizona, round 5 a.m. on June 23.

Crews discovered 4 electrical semi vehicles on hearth and labored to manage the blaze to stop it spreading to different vehicles.

Nikola Motor Firm issued an announcement on the automobile hearth, indicating that they’ve motive to imagine that the hearth was not an accident:

“Early this morning behind our Phoenix headquarters, a fireplace occurred which affected a number of battery electrical vehicles. Nobody has been injured. Foul play is suspected as a automobile was seen within the space of the affected vehicles simply previous to the incident and an investigation is underway. Our staff applauds the Phoenix and Tempe Hearth Departments for taking fast motion and staying on prime of the scenario. We are going to launch extra info because it turns into obtainable.”

The hearth resulted in heavy black smoke and triggered a hazmat response.

Phoenix Hearth Capt. Todd Keller advised Fox 10 that the electrical batteries are posing an issue as crews work to knock down the automobile fires. “So these cells which are packed in these batteries, they include lots of vitality in a small quantity of area, so extinguishing these are very tough. What we’re doing proper now’s that we’re cooling these vehicles down and stopping extension,” he mentioned.

The incident is beneath investigation.