VISTA, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Multiple electric vehicles caught on fire at an EV charging station in a northern San Diego Target parking lot Saturday night.

Firefighters with the Vista Fire Department were dispatched to a vehicle fire at a Target parking lot in the 3100 block of Business Park Drive in Vista around 7 p.m. Saturday.

The fire department said the fire appeared to have started when an EV was hooked up to a charging port, and the fire spread to at least one to two nearby vehicles.

Hazmat also responded to the electric vehicle fire to deal with the lithium-ion battery cleanup and disposal.

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