Three injured in fire atop N.Y.'s Trump
Tower, officials say
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[January 09, 2018]
By Peter Szekely
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three people were
injured in an early-morning fire at the top of Trump Tower in midtown
Manhattan, the New York Fire Department said on Monday, as the city's
workday rush began.
U.S. President Donald Trump was in Washington at the time. Trump's
primary residence was in the building before his election victory and
inauguration nearly a year ago.
One firefighter was hospitalized with nonlife-threatening injuries,
while two people received minor injuries that were treated at the scene,
including a building worker whose injury was initially described as
serious, the Fire Department said.
Eric Trump, one of the president's sons, said on Twitter that it was a
small electrical fire in the cooling tower on the building's roof.
"The New York Fire Department was here within minutes and did an
incredible job," said the younger Trump. "The men and women of the #FDNY
are true heros and deserve our most sincere thanks and praise!"
The Fire Department said the fire was not inside the building, but on
top of it.
"We had flames coming out of the vents. No smoke condition or fire was
on the inside," Manhattan Borough Commander Assistant Chief Roger
Sakowich said on Twitter.
The cause of the blaze is being investigated by the city fire marshal, a
department spokesman said.
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New York Fire Department crew respond after a fire broke out at
Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S. January 8, 2018.
REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Once the investigation is complete, the results will be released,
the spokesman, Firefighter Jim Long, said.
As firefighters battled the blaze, a plume of smoke spewed from the
roof of the 68-story structure.
The fire was reported by phone shortly before 7 a.m. EST (noon GMT)
on the top floor of the building, and was declared under control
about an hour and 15 minutes later, the department said.
Some 84 firefighters and medical crews responded as 26 emergency
units with lights flashing converged on the crowded midtown
Manhattan location, it added.
In addition to the president's 66th-floor penthouse, Trump Tower
houses the headquarters of the Trump Organization as well as other
residences, offices and stores.
(Reporting by Peter Szekely; Editing by Scott Malone and Jeffrey
Benkoe)
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