There was no working smoke alarm in the Trump Tower apartment where deadly fire started, source says

[Miles Archer]

There was no working smoke alarm in the Trump Tower apartment where deadly fire started, source says

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/09/us/trump-tower-fire/index.html

New York (CNN)The Trump Tower apartment where a deadly fire started Saturday had no working smoke alarm, a New York City Fire Department source familiar with the investigation said -- which means there was no alarm sounding in the unit when firefighters arrived.

The fire on the 50th floor of the New York City highrise left one man dead and six firefighters injured, the FDNY said. The victim was identified as Todd Brassner, 67.

The FDNY was notified of the fire by a building-wide alarm system in Trump Tower, the source said. This system alerted the fire department to the location of the fire, including the floor of the blaze. Such alarm systems are common, and they are not audible in the entire building to prevent people from evacuating all at once and clogging staircases for firefighters.

The fire was contained to the 50th floor of the apartment building, which is located on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The President resides in the penthouse when he's in New York City. No members of the Trump family were in the tower during the fire, Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said.

[mr_lebowski]

1. In this case it's likely the homeowners responsibility to maintain alarms within

his own domicile. That'd be my guess.

Though the idea that someone wealthy enough to live in TT wouldn't have a professional installed and monitored burgler/fire alarm system seems a bit ... irresponsible.

Not to speak ill of the dead ... but others could've died, and I'm quite certain a number of surrounding apartments are now essentially destroyed along with perhaps millions of $$$ worth of other people's belongings ... the smoke smell from an apt fire never comes out of a LOT of different items, esp. if they're cloth-based, and smoke from a blaze this bad would've gotten into a LOT of other homes.

[JI7]

2. The guy was no longer wealthy. I think he only had that home but wasn't able to sell it