Update: One Man Dead, Four Firefighters Injured Following Fire at Trump Tower
by Cristina Laila
April 7, 2018
As TGP’s Josh Caplan just reported, a large fire broke out at Trump Tower in New York City Saturday evening around 6 PM EST.
FDNY members say no injuries have been reported.
Debris was also seen falling from the building.
Liberals immediately cheered and spread absurd conspiracy theories after news broke of the blaze.
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Fire in Trump Tower worsening pic.twitter.com/6T1VsOCsuP
— Peter Thomas Roth (@PeterThomasRoth) April 7, 2018
#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
President Trump sent out a tweet shortly after news of the blaze broke.
Trump tweeted: Fire at Trump Tower is out. Very confined (well built building). 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
Sadly, a 67-year-old man died from his injuries after being rushed to the hospital and four New York Firefighters suffered injuries.
CBS reported:
A man has died of his injuries following a four-alarm fire at Trump Tower.
The FDNY responded to an automatic alarm that sounded on the 50th floor of the high-rise on Fifth Avenue shortly after 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
“The apartment was virtually entirely on fire. They pushed in heroically, they were knocking down the fire, they found one occupant of the apartment on the 50th floor,” Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said.
The 67-year-old man was rushed to Mount Sinai West hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Four firefighters suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Nigro said two were burned in the blaze.
The fire commissioner said no members of the First Family were home at the time, and Secret Service members checked their residence for damages.