Tesla is claiming that is Model S electric sedan and charging system didn't cause a fire in a California garage last month.
"We looked into the incident," said Tesla spokeswoman Liz Jarvis-Shean. "We can say it absolutely was not the car, the battery or the charging electronics."
Orange County Fire Authority disagrees with the automaker, claiming recently that the Tesla-supplied charging system or the connection at the electricity panel on the wall of the garage of a single-family home could have started the fire, according to Reuters.
"The fire occurred as a result of an electrical failure in the charging system for an electric vehicle," said a report by the fire authority, which was obtained by Reuters. "The most probable cause of this fire is a high resistance connection at the wall socket or the Universal Mobile Connector from the Tesla charging system" which was plugged into a 240-volt wall socket, the report said.
The fire occurred on Nov. 15, in Irvine, California.
Authorities have already ruled that the garage fire is not related to the three road fires started by Model S sedans, each of which occurred from Oct. to Nov. of this year in Washington, Tennessee, and Mexico.
The two incidents in the U.S. occurred after the vehicles ran over road debris, according to Reuters.
The three car fires have caused Tesla stock to plummet 23 percent from this year's peak in Sept.
"A review of the car's logs showed that the battery had been charging normally, and there were no fluctuations in temperature or malfunctions within the battery or the charge electronics," said Jarvis-Shean about the latest fire incident.
The owner of the Model S supposedly parked the car in the garage on Nov. 14 and plugged the cord from the vehicle into the 340-volt wall socket. At around 3 a.m., the owner noticed the fire and called for help right away.
No one was hurt according to Reuters.
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