BREAKING: Fire Erupts at Trump Tower – Man, 51, is KILLED and 4 Firefighters Hurt in Huge Blaze in 50th Floor
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A fire broke out in Trump Tower in New York City on Saturday.
Video on social media showed orange flames and smoke billowing from the building.
President Trump tweeted shortly after the incident, saying the fire at his namesake high-rise “is out.”
“Very confined (well built building),” he tweeted. “Firemen (and women) did a gret job. THANK YOU!”
The blaze was described by the FDNY’s alert system on Twitter as a 3-alarm fire that erupted on the 50th floor of the high rise on 5th Avenue in Manhattan. They initially had called it a 2-alarm fire.
The FDNY tweeted that responders were on the scene and there were “currently no injuries reported.”
The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.
Several firetrucks, as well as police officers and responders, could be seen near the entrance of the building.
Police said that a number of nearby streets were closed.
Trump’s son, Eric, also tweeted, thanking “the amazing men and women of the NYFD who extinguished a fire in a residential apartment @TrumpTower.”
“The @FDNY and @NYPD are truly some of the most incredible people anywhere!”
Update:
The male occupant of the apartment died after being transported to St. Luke’s Hospital in critical condition.
The NYPD confirms the male occupant was 51-years-old, and was transported to Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital where he was pronounced deceased. They will release his identity once his family has been notified.
Four firefighters also sustained non-life threatening injuries.
During a press conference at the scene, FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said ‘the apartment was virtually, entirely on fire’ when firefighters arrived according to NBC4.
‘They were knocking down the fire, they found one occupant,’ Nigro said.
‘This was a very difficult fire. As you can imagine, the apartment is quite large, we are 50 stories up. The rest of the building had a considerable amount of smoke. 200 Firefighters and EMS members are on scene.’
‘We found fire on the 50th floor of the building. The apartment was entirely on fire. Members pushed in heroically, they were knocking down the fire,’ Nigro added.