<p class="speakable">The city of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/southwest/texas" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Lewisville, Texas</a>, confirmed Tuesday that a Tesla charging unit sparked a massive garage fire that caused extensive damage to a home.</p><p class="speakable">The two-alarm fire broke out around 12:30 p.m. on Monday, a city spokesman told Fox News Digital. </p><p>"The fire on Monday, July 21, in Lewisville, Texas, was started by the car charger device in the garage," spokesman Matt Martucci said, adding that the "intense" flames primarily damaged a second vehicle – a Lexus parked inside the garage — and the upper floors of the home.</p><p>Footage from the scene shows <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/auto/make/lexus" rel="noopener" target="_blank">the Lexus</a> pulled out onto the driveway completely burned and a charred home with visible holes in the roof. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/massive-inferno-engulfs-8-5m-mansion-near-obama-residence-washington-dc" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>MASSIVE INFERNO ENGULFS $8.5M MANSION NEAR OBAMA RESIDENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.</strong></a></p><p>The homeowner said she had just returned home when she plugged in her Tesla and saw her charging unit catching on fire, according to Martucci.</p><p>She quickly moved <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/auto/make/tesla" rel="noopener" target="_blank">the Tesla</a> out of the garage and parked it down the street, where it remained undamaged, Martucci added.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/tesla-arson-suspect-released-lawyer-argues-detention-disrupt-sex-change-treatments" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>TESLA ARSON SUSPECT RELEASED AFTER LAWYER ARGUES DETENTION WOULD DISRUPT SEX-CHANGE TREATMENTS</strong></a></p><p>However, the flames from the charging unit continued to spread rapidly — engulfing the nearby Lexus, climbing upward into a game room located above the garage and finally extending into the attic and upper portions of the home.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/tesla-arson-suspect-arrested-arizona-after-fiery-assault-cybertruck" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>TESLA ARSON SUSPECT ARRESTED IN ARIZONA AFTER FIERY ASSAULT ON CYBERTRUCK</strong></a></p><p>No one was injured, and firefighters had <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/fires" rel="noopener" target="_blank">the blaze</a> under control by 1:15 p.m., Martucci said. </p><p>Investigators are working to determine what caused the charging unit to ignite. </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</u></strong></a> </p><p>Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.</p>

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