A Tesla Cybertruck has exploded in flames outside the Trump Hotel Las Vegas, killing one person and injuring at least seven others with the FBI and police launching an investigation. or signup to continue reading Videos taken by witnesses showed the vehicle exploding and flames pouring out of it, as it sat just outside the hotel. Wednesday's incident occurred just hours after a man drove a truck into crowds of New Year's Day revellers in New Orleans, killing at least 15.
"Obviously a Cybertruck, the Trump hotel- there's lots of questions that we have to answer," Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a press conference. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and an adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump, said the blast was unrelated to the Cybertruck itself. "We have now confirmed that the explosion was caused by very large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck and is unrelated to the vehicle itself," Musk said in a post on X.
"All vehicle telemetry was positive at the time of the explosion." Telemetry involves the automatic collection of data from remote sources, transmitting it back to a central source so it can later be analysed. The Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas is part of the Trump Organisation, the company of US President-elect Trump, who will return to the White House on January 20.
A person was found dead inside the 2024 model-year Cybertruck and seven people sustained minor injuries from the explosion, .
