NEW ORLEANS — Early Sunday morning, the New Orleans Fire Department responded to a fire at the corner of Caton and St. Bernard. When they arrived, they found a vehicle fire.
The vehicle was parked next to an EV charging station.
Fire officials said when they arrived, no one was near the vehicle. Video from the scene shows an unrecognizable Model X Tesla and a vehicle behind it that was also burned.
Entergy owns the charging station and tells WWL Louisiana that the fire is under investigation.
“Entergy is aware of a car fire which occurred near an EV charging station on Caton Street over the weekend. NOFD responded at approximately 2:57 a.m. on Sunday. The cause remains under investigation,” a spokesperson for Entergy New Orleans said.
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