Watch: Moment when Tesla Cybertruck burst into flames outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel

Police release video showing Cybertruck explode outside Las Vegas Trump Hotel. (Screengrab)

The video revealed the severity of the blast. While the sole occupant of the Cybertruck, the driver, was killed, seven bystanders sustained minor injuries. Two of the injured were transported to nearby hospitals. The Trump International Hotel was evacuated, and guests were relocated to another property.

The investigation has drawn comparisons to another attack earlier that day in New Orleans, where a rented Ford F-150 was found with a suspected explosive device. Notably, both vehicles were rented through the car-sharing platform Turo.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has publicly supported Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, addressed the incident on X, confirming that vehicles involved in both incidents were rented from the same car rental site, Turo.

“Appears likely to be an act of terrorism. Both this Cybertruck and the F-150 suicide bomb in New Orleans were rented from Turo. Perhaps they are linked in some way,” he wrote.

Musk also noted, “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,” he said.

The Trump International Hotel, part of the Trump Organization, was evacuated as a precaution. Firefighters arrived within four minutes of the blast and quickly extinguished the flames.

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