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Four vehicles caught on fire at a Google parking lot Thursday afternoon, causing an estimated $275,000 in damage but no reported injuries, according to the Mountain View Fire Department.
Dispatchers received a 911 call around 4:50 p.m. on May 1, reporting smoke coming from an electric vehicle charging in the parking lot of a Google office building on the 1300 block of Shorebird Way, according to a statement from the fire department.
When fire crews arrived, they saw flames coming from a Jeep Wrangler EV, and that the fire had spread to two Teslas and a Honda parked near it. Firefighters extinguished the blaze with a fire hose, preventing it from spreading to other vehicles, fire officials said.
Officials attributed the cause of the fire to the lithium-ion battery charging system of the Jeep Wrangler. The estimated damage to the vehicles and charging station is $275,000, according to the fire department.
