Firefighters are at the scene of a fire at Trump Tower in New York City.
The New York Fire Department says the blaze broke out on the 50th floor shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday. The department says there was one serious injury.
A firefighter looks out from the window of a fire-damaged apartment in Trump Tower in New York on Saturday. The Fire Department says the blaze broke out on the 50th floor shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday. | Craig Ruttle/Associated Press
President Donald Trump tweeted about 45 minutes later that the fire was out. Trump says it was “Very confined (well built building).”
Photos posted on Twitter show flames and smoke coming out of windows at the midtown skyscraper.
Trump’s business is based at Trump Tower and his residence is there, but he has spent little time in New York since taking office.
Eric Trump, the president’s second-oldest son, tweeted that the fire was in a residential apartment at the tower.
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
