MONTROSE COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - A Tesla Cybertruck hauling a woodchipper caused a half-acre grass fire in southwestern Colorado over the weekend.
MONTROSE COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - A Tesla Cybertruck hauling a woodchipper caused a half-acre grass fire in southwestern Colorado over the weekend. A dramatic plume of black smoke and flames towered over the vehicle as crews first pulled up to the scene Sunday: June 29, 2025(San Miguel County Sheriff's Office) “A Tesla Cybertruck is on fire, and a generator was just ignited. The fire is on private property and suppression efforts are underway. No structures are in danger at this time,” said the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office of the original call at 1:15 p.m. Sunday. The sheriff’s office later clarified that what they thought was a generator was actually a towable woodchipper. The flames quicky spread to surrounding land, and several agencies responded to the contain the blaze, including Norwood Fire, Naturita Fire, Paradox Fire, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Williams Construction, San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office and Montrose County Sheriff’s Office. The fire was largely under control within two hours, though officials warned smoke could remain visible throughout the evening. A group of firefighters stayed on scene overnight to monitor the blaze. June 29, 2025(San Miguel County Sheriff's Office) The fire burned just over half an acre on private land about 4 miles west of Norwood. The exact cause of the original vehicle fire is under investigation. More photos [Here](https://www.reddit.com/r/CyberStuck/s/iG8DjzQDkX)
Exact cause is, “it’s a Tesla.”
Googling a bit says a wood chipper that size is over 8000lb. That's a pretty hefty load to be towing off-road. Wonder if he just pushed it too far trying to prove his enormous albatross could actually do work. Wonder how many cameras he had attached to film him working.
Best truck he's ever owned though, thanks elon.
Another one bites the dust..
Cleared the brush faster than cutting it and then feeding it into the chipper. That's innovation!
The good news for Tesla is that in a few years there will be no emergency services to respond and no news devices to report it.
Ahh, Tesla saving the environment, one battery fire at a time!
It could have been an interesting and useful fire video, but if the truck’s main battery ignited, I’d assume any stored video was burned as well.
The built in cameras likely would have been streaming and there ought to have been some telematics data transmitted if the power didn't cut instantly. Big question will be if this is a canary in the coal mine for the core collapse boondoggle. Wonder if it'll be one of those situations where they conveniently didn't have signal and all the data was lost. They'll blame the driver for parking in dry grass or something else (would a CT even get that hot underneath normally?) and ignore it until some more of their trucks start combusting sitting in dealership lots.
Shouldn't bee too difficult to get a replacement.
That will teach them to use an actual truck next time. We really don't need anymore unintended burns.
ICE trucks would have caught fire before he even left his driveway.
How long until firefighters' unions start suing Tesla for lung damage caused by their runaway battery fires?
🤣
This is a good point, musk is very anti union.
Another case of Tesla FSI (Full Self Immolation)!
Wood chipper looks to be in pretty good shape considering the dumpster fire towing it.
Perfect visual Musk: "Spent the weekend feeding USAID [via DOGE] into a woodchipper" How it's turning out: https://gray-kktv-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/4OBX46GMDJCOZATJ4H4EC4UPP4.jpg?auth=ae930b54180dd77b266d8286cfd60a7c5bdb8ee669c056a9bfc0785cc309f775&width=1300&height=975&smart=true
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