At least one person was killed and seven wounded as a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, said the police on Wednesday.
The electric vehicle pulled up to the glass entrance of Trump International Hotel, owned by US President-elect Donal Trump, before a "large explosion", said Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill, reported AFP.
The video footage of the incident, viral on social media, shows the stainless steel truck parked at the entrance of the hotel before bursting into flames, followed by smaller explosions that appeared similar to fireworks.
The Sheriff said there was "one deceased individual inside the Cybertruck" while seven people received "minor" injuries. The hotel was evacuated following the explosion, he added.
Tesla chief Elon Musk claimed the explosion was linked to the attack in New Orleans that killed 15 people.
"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," Musk said on X.
However, Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Jeremy Schwartz described the Las Vegas blast as "an isolated incident," adding: "We do not believe that there's a bunch of folks out there supporting this or helping this."
Musk later said the explosion was "caused by very large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck," adding in a post on X that it was "unrelated to the vehicle itself."
US President Joe Biden also reacted to the incident saying authorities were investigating any possible link between the blast and attack earlier Wednesday in New Orleans where a truck rammed a crowd killing 15.