A resident is dead and six firefighters were injured after a fire broke out in an apartment in New York’s Trump Tower on Saturday evening.
Todd Brassner, the resident who resided in the apartment, was pulled from the apartment by firefighters and taken to Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital, ABC News reports. Brassner was unconscious at the time, but was later pronounced dead.
According to USA Today, the fire broke out shortly after 5 p.m. local time in the 58-story building.
Fire in Trump Tower worsening pic.twitter.com/6T1VsOCsuP
— Peter Thomas Roth (@PeterThomasRoth) April 7, 2018
At the peak of the blaze, flames raged from the windows of the apartment and ash fell to the street below. 200 fire and emergency personnel battled the four-alarm fire, sweeping the surrounding floors and apartments to determine the cause of the blaze, ABC News reports.
The New York Fire Department (FDNY) declared the fire under control around 8 p.m. local time. However, according to ABC News, six firefighters did suffer non-life-threatening injuries, two of them burn-related, FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said during a press conference.
#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
According to Nigro, the apartment was “completely on fire (but) members pushed on heroically.”
“This was a very difficult fire,” Nigro said. “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.”
The residences at Trump Tower do not have a sprinkler system. The 58-story building was completed in 1983, several years before it was required that high-rise residential buildings have sprinkler systems, according to USA Today.
President Trump was not in New York City at the time of the fire, but Nigro did say that the Secret Service accompanied firefighters to check on the Trumps’ private residence, USA Today reports.
Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to thank the firefighters who responded to fire.
“Fire at Trump Tower is out. Very confined (well built building). Firemen (and women) did a great job. THANK YOU!” Trump wrote.
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
Trump’s son, Eric Trump, also thanked the firefighters on Twitter, writing, “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!”
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
Fire broke out at Trump Tower earlier this year when an electrical box for the building's heating and cooling system caused a fire on the roof of the building.