Over the past several years, Tesla has established itself as the most iconic electric vehicle brand in the United States with billionaire Elon Musk leading the way. But Musk the company got some awful headlines this week as one NFL star claims that his vehicle’s charger caught fire and nearly killed him and his wife in a housefire.
Longtime NFL star receiver Randall Cobb and his wife Aiyda shared on social media this week that they were “lucky to be alive” after the charger for their Tesla vehicle caught fire in their garage late at night. The fire quickly spread to the rest of the house and they were lucky to get out in time.
“We are lucky to be alive,” Aiyda wrote. “The Tesla charger caught on fire in the garage late last night and quickly spread. We got out of the house with nothing but the clothes on our back and no shoes on our feet.”
Randall Cobb offered praise for the firefighters who aided them.
“Thank you for all the love and positive messages,” Cobb wrote. “First and foremost, we are all safe and healthy. We got out of the house and I was able to get back in and get our dog, Louie. We can’t thank Chief Caruthers, Captain Irvin and the Nashville Fire Department enough for their swift action. I can’t get the image of the brave firefighter getting into position out of my head; he didn’t even have water to shoot yet. I truly thought the cards were going to explode and that we would lose him in this tragedy. He is a true hero. Unfortunately we don’t know how much, if anything, will be salvageable, but this has been a reminder that nothing is more important than the health of our family.”
Obviously, this is some horrific press for Elon Musk and Tesla, and it led to a lot of reactions on social media.
If Elon killed Randall Cobb I would never be the same https://t.co/CIaAiQ0zJP
— Bartholomew Allen (@ParrishMcKnight) June 27, 2024
Not a good day for @Tesla https://t.co/iu5xZ5zIrw
— Kyle Pavela (@KylePavela) June 27, 2024
Those Teslas are dangerous smh https://t.co/JYHEuyXqcv
— Ni_Mo (@Just_Bein_Kita) June 27, 2024
My neighbors house burned down from the same thing https://t.co/VhJY3tdvY6
— Danny Labido (@080_jus) June 26, 2024
Imagine owning a Tesla man I hear the most insane problems about these cars all the time. If you got the money to buy a Tesla buy a nice car instead😭😭 https://t.co/cxJ00a5XW4
— bobby (@bobbyalbright5) June 26, 2024
Tesla charger explodes @elonmusk https://t.co/e0Z3h2qBOp
— Manufacturing Content (@democracy2nite) June 27, 2024
The exposure towards Tesla bout to be crazy.
— HOT TAKE CITY!! 🤧🤧🥱🥱 (@HOTTAKECITY904) June 26, 2024
Tesla Stock 📉
— RainUrPain (@idontcare4reall) June 26, 2024
Surely, there will be an investigation into the exact cause of the fire, but this does not seem to be a good look for Tesla.
