Clark County fire engines surround the valet parking area where a Cybertruck caught fire on January 1 at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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The man killed in the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday was an active-duty Army soldier, the Army said.

Authorities identified the man as Master Sgt. Matthew Alan Livelsberger, who enlisted as a U.S. Army special operations soldier. He served on active duty in the Army from January 2006 to March 2011. He then joined the National Guard from March 2011 to July 2012, followed by the Army Reserve from July 2012 to December 2012. Livelsberger entered active duty in December 2012 Army a a U.S. Army special operations soldier.

The U.S. Army Special Operations Command confirmed that Livelsberger was on approved leave at the time of his death.

On Wednesday, Las Vegas police said crews pulled gas cans, camp fuel cans and large firework mortars from the back of the Cybertruck. Seven people were also injured in the explosion, which was captured on video.

Police said the Cybertruck was rented in Colorado. Authorities were able to track the vehicle through Tesla charging stations and determine that it arrived in Las Vegas about an hour before the explosion. Authorities described the incident as “isolated.”

Police and Secret Service officials were investigating any possible connection between the explosion and the attack in New Orleans in which a man drove a pickup truck into a crowd, killing 15 people and injuring dozens.

Jeremy Schwartz, acting special agent in charge of the FBI in Las Vegas, said the agency is working closely with local law enforcement to learn more about the explosion and those behind it. The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force was working to determine whether the explosion was an act of terrorism.