Fire Breaks Out At Tesla Fremont Factory Involving Giga Press Machine Mar 12, 2021 at 9:41am ET ++ Reports came in late yesterday of smoke rising from the area around Tesla's main factory in Fremont, California. Reports came in late yesterday that there was smoke rising from the area around Tesla's main factory in Fremont, California. As it turns out, one of the automaker's giant Giga Press machines had a small fire. It was quickly put out with sand, and no injuries have been reported. As soon as we saw the breaking news, even before we knew the details or knew if it was true, we figured it would end up all over the news. Tesla and "fire" in the same title is something most media outlets will jump on. Hopefully, they did their homework and learned that this wasn't any sort of catastrophe, but it's still concerning for many reasons.