Crime & Safety
Tesla Supercharger Catches Fire At Parsippany Wawa
The electric car charging station caught fire Sunday afternoon.
PARSIPPANY, NJ — A Tesla Supercharger station caught on fire outside of a Parsippany Wawa Sunday afternoon, police said.
The fire happened around 4:10 p.m., in the Wawa parking lot near the corner of New Road and Edwards Road. Police say the gas pumps were turned off during the fire, and JCP&L responded to cut power to the chargers.
Parsippany District 5 firefighters extinguished the flames, and said the area was safe by 5:30 p.m.
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Wawa corporate and Tesla customer support were both made aware of the incident, police said.
It's not clear what caused the fire.
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