One person dead, seven injured after a Cybertruck exploded outside Trump Hotel in Las Vegas
UPDATE (4:36 PM): After the Tesla truck explosion at the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, Tesla CEO and Trump advisor Elon Musk reacted on his social media platform "X' to the deadly fire.
Musk suggested that both the Cybertruck and the F-150 truck in the New Orleans attack were linked to the same rental company and that they could be related. So far, officials have not connected the two incidents.
He also posted that the explosion had nothing to do with the vehicle.
"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. All vehicle telemetry was positive at the time of the explosion," Musk said in the post.
Three senior members of law enforcement tell NBC News the suspicious blast is now being investigated as a possible terrorist attack. One person is dead and seven others injured.
UPDATE (2:58 PM): A Tesla Cybertruck exploded and caught fire, killing one person and injuring seven others, outside President-Elect Donald Trump's hotel in Las Vegas.
Police say the Cybertruck pulled up right outside the glass entrance doors to the Trump Hotel before 9:00 a.m. when the vehicle exploded and was engulfed in flames.
One person died in the vehicle, and seven people nearby suffered minor injuries.
Smoke could be seen billowing from in front of the 64-story hotel.
Police say they are looking for secondary devices, but say there does not appear to be any further threat to the public, and the FBI is assisting in the investigation.
"We're very well aware of what's happened in New Orleans with the event that occurred there, and the number of victims there and the additional IEDs. So as you can imagine, with an explosion here, on iconic Las Vegas Boulevard, we are taking all of the precautions that we need to take to keep our community safe. We're looking for secondary devices, we're taking it slow and we're going to make sure that we remain safe in our community."
Sheriff Kevin McMahill, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Police say most of the people staying at the Trump Hotel have been moved to the Resorts World Las Vegas.
President-Elect Trump's son, Eric Trump, posted about the fire on social media, praising first responders for their "swift response and professionalism" and Elon Musk has posted that a team from Tesla is also looking into the incident.
LAS VEGAS (NBC, KYMA/KECY) - A cybertruck burst into flames outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas Wednesday.
Video captured shows smoke billowing in front of the hotel, and people posted to social media that they heard an explosion.
Authorities say the vehicle fire happened in the valet area at the hotel, and hotel guests say they were evacuated out the backdoors.
"We saw a lot of smoke through the windows. We go downstairs and the whole lobby everyone is trapped trying to go to the airport. So, then they came up with a solution to evacuate everyone through the backdoors...Everything is safe. Everyone is safe. The building is safe. Right now it's just heavy smoke," said Eric, one of the guests.
Firefighters put out the fire, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
