Authorities in New York said Monday that emergency crews had responded to a fire at Trump Tower in Manhattan.
A New York Police Department spokesman said a call came in at around 7:30 a.m. about a one-alarm fire on the roof the 68-floor luxury building on Fifth Avenue. There were no evacuations, the spokesman said.
Fire officials could not immediately be reached for comment, but FDNY tweeted an alert at 8:16 a.m., saying that the blaze inside an HVAC system is “under control.”
President Trump, who has a penthouse condominium at Trump Tower, was in Washington on Monday morning, according to his public schedule.
“There was a small electrical fire in a cooling tower on the roof of Trump Tower,” the Trump Organization said in an emailed statement to The Washington Post. “The FDNY were here within minutes and did an exceptional job. Everything is under control and no evacuations were made.”
Eric Trump, one of the president’s sons and the executive vice president of the Trump Organization, made a similar statement Monday morning on Twitter.
There was a small electrical fire in a cooling tower on the roof of Trump Tower. The New York Fire Department was here within minutes and did an incredible job. The men and women of the #FDNY are true heroes and deserve our most sincere thanks and praise! twitter.com/reuters/status…
Authorities initially said that no injuries had been reported, but a reporter with CW affiliate WPIX later said officials had confirmed two people had been hurt.
The Manhattan high rise that bears his name houses President Trump and his family. Trump Tower was also the setting for the developer-turned-president’s reality TV show, “The Apprentice,” and the headquarters of his presidential campaign.
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