WATCH: Ediel Ruiz and his partner were visiting family in California City on Saturday when his Tesla caught fire. Ruiz says the fire started directly under his four-month-old’s car seat. No one was in the car, he says.
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CALIFORNIA CITY, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — On Saturday, Ediel Ruiz and his partner, Edith Parker, took a trip to California City to visit Parker's family following her graduation from USC.
Ruiz said he received a notification on his phone that the car alarm to his Tesla Model 3 was going off. He went outside to see his car covered in smoke. He opened the back door and was met with a wall of flames.
The first thing to melt, he said, was his 4-month-old's car seat.
We had that, the stroller, some formula in there... All her graduation stuff completely burned up," Ruiz said.
No one was in the car, but Ruiz says the couple had plans to drive to Bakersfield that day.
We were going to go to Bakersfield to go eat at Texas Roadhouse. For whatever reason, her grandparents cancelled and we didn't go. Luckily, it didn't happen while we were driving," he said.
Ruiz immediately called California City Fire Department, and they were able to extinguish the fire quickly.
The car was insured through Tesla, but Ruiz said he couldn't get ahold of anyone until the following Monday. When Tesla Roadside Assistance sent someone to pick up the car, Ruiz said the ...👉 Continue Reading Here