LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Billionaire Elon Musk responded on social media to the information of a Tesla Cybertruck exploding in entrance of President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas resort on New 12 months’s Day. One particular person was killed and seven had been injured.
Elon Musk listens as President-elect Donald Trump speaks throughout a gathering with the Home GOP convention, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (Allison Robbert/Pool by way of AP)
“We have now confirmed that the explosion was attributable to very massive fireworks and/or a bomb carried within the mattress of the rented Cybertruck and is unrelated to the automobile itself. All automobile telemetry was constructive on the time of the explosion, based on the put up on Musk’s X account that was despatched out round 2:12 p.m.
1 useless, 7 injured in Tesla fireplace, explosion at Las Vegas Trump Worldwide Lodge; sources say it wasn’t an accident
A number of hours earlier, one other put up on his X account acknowledged “The whole Tesla senior team is investigating this matter right now. Will post more information as soon as we learn anything. We’ve never seen anything like this.”
A Tesla Cybertruck exploded and caught fireplace on the entrance of Trump Int’l Tower in Las Vegas on Jan. 1, 2025. (Credit score: Alcides Antunes)
Musk who owns the social media platform was responding to a picture of the Cybertruck in flames that was posted on Musk’s account by one other person.
Musk is the CEO of Tesla and the biggest proprietor of the inventory. He strongly supported Donald Trump’s run for the presidency and in return, President-elect Trump named him to co-lead a newly created Division of Authorities Effectivity.
Two sources near the investigation advised the 8 Information Now Investigators that they imagine the explosion was an intentional act and never an accident. Video reveals the automobile parked subsequent to the resort’s entrance doorways because it explodes into flames.
Las Vegas Metropolitan police will maintain a information convention with an replace at 4 p.m.
Trump’s son, Eric Trump, additionally posted on X in regards to the explosion.
“Earlier at the moment, a reported electrical automobile fireplace occurred within the porte cochère of Trump Las Vegas. The security and well-being of our visitors and workers stay our prime precedence. We lengthen our heartfelt gratitude to the Las Vegas Hearth Division and native regulation enforcement for his or her swift response and professionalism.
