One person died and seven more were injured when a Tesla truck caught fire and exploded outside US president-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, authorities have said.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and Clark County Fire Department officials said at a news conference that a person died inside the vehicle and that they were working to get the body out.
Another seven people nearby received minor injuries and were taken to hospital for treatment.
A county spokeswoman said in a statement that the fire in the valet area of the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas was reported at 8.40am local time.
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No cause was given and details were sketchy.
“I know you have a lot of questions,” Jeremy Schwartz, acting FBI special agent in charge for the Las Vegas office, said at the news conference.
“We don’t have a lot of answers.”
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a post on X that the incident is being investigated by “the whole Tesla senior team”.
The 64-storey hotel is just off the famed Las Vegas Strip and across the street from the Fashion Show Las Vegas shopping centre. – Agencies
