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- ABC News
- Donald Trump
- April 8, 2018
1 dead, 6 responders injured in Trump Tower fire
One person is dead after being pulled from Saturday night's Trump Tower fire.
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Nigro said the fire broke out at around 5:30 p.m. and fire engines and ladders were there within five minutes.
It was knocked down in approximately an hour, he said. The FDNY declared the fire under control around 8 p.m.
#FDNY members remain on scene of a 4-alarm fire, 721 5th Ave in Manhattan. There is currently one serious injury to a civilian reported. (Photo credit: @nycoem) pic.twitter.com/0Smiljyupg
— FDNY (@FDNY) April 7, 2018
At its peak, flames raged from the window panes as crumbling pieces of ashen materials could be seen falling from the glass skyscraper onto the pavement below.
Firefighters were sweeping adjacent apartments and stairwells to determine the source of the blaze in one of the skyscraper's residential apartments, according to fire officials.
#FDNY members are on scene of a 3-alarm fire at 721 5th Ave Manhattan. There are currently no injuries reported pic.twitter.com/PKuPZBu70E
— FDNY (@FDNY) April 7, 2018
There were no evacuations, though some residents left on their own, Nigro confirmed. The residential floors in Trump Tower do not have sprinklers, Nigro said.
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Multiple street closures slowed foot and car traffic surrounding the tower, from East 55th Street to East 57th Street from Fifth Avenue to Madison Avenue, according to officials.
President Trump was not in New York City this weekend.
Trump Tower, named for the 45th president, is also the headquarters of The Trump Organization and was the campaign nerve center for Donald Trump when he ran on the GOP ticket in the 2016 presidential election.
The president maintains the building's top three floors as his residential home.
He was in the White House Saturday, far removed from the fire incident.
The U.S. Secret Service was made aware of the incident, ABC has learned.
Trump praised the building's construction as a \"well built building\" and lauded firefighters who managed to put out the blaze on Saturday.
\"Firemen (and women) did a great job. THANK YOU!\"
Fire at Trump Tower is out. Very confined (well built building). Firemen (and women) did a great job. THANK YOU!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 7, 2018
Nigro during a press conference also noted that the tower \"sure stood up quite well.\"
And like his father, Trump's son Eric Trump hailed the first responders as \"truly some of the most incredible people anywhere\" for extinguishing a fire \"in a residential apartment.\"
Thank you to the amazing men and women of the NYFD who extinguished a fire in a residential apartment at @TrumpTower. The @FDNY and @NYPD are truly some of the most incredible people anywhere! ????????
— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) April 7, 2018
The fire on Saturday was the second at Trump Tower this year. A fire broke out in a rooftop heating and cooling unit at the skyscraper on Jan. 8, sending black smoke billowing over the skyline. One firefighter and two building employees suffered minor injuries in that fire.
ABC News' Ben Stein, Darren Reynolds and Josh Margolin contributed to this report.
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