Fire Breaks Out at Trump Tower; Update: One dead, 4 injured

[DesertRat]

Last edited Sat Apr 7, 2018, 08:38 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: NBC

A fire erupted at Trump Tower in Midtown on Saturday evening, according to the FDNY.

The blaze broke out on the 50th floor of the tower shortly before 6 p.m., the FDNY said.

The severity of the fire wasn't immediately known, but the FDNY said it had no reports of injuries.

At least five fire trucks were seen responding to the fire on Fifth Avenue.

Read more: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/Fire-Breaks-Out-at-Trump-Tower-FDNY-479061453.html

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UPDATE:ONE DEAD, 4 INJURED: https://nypost.com/2018/04/07/fire-breaks-out-on-50th-floor-of-trump-tower/

Link to tweet

[JI7]

1. Didn't this happen before ?

[DesertRat]

5. I have no idea. nt

[Leghorn21]

13. Yes, on Jan 8

“Eric Trump, the President’s son and an executive vice president at the Trump Organization, confirmed the rooftop cooling tower ignited.”

I knew it hadn’t been long since the last fire...this one looks pretty damn bad though

[riversedge]

49. About 3 months ago as I recall--rooftop cooling system is all I can recall.

[rocktivity]

2. Would President Donnie happen to have any offices on that floor

Or non-fireproof man-sized safes?


rocktivity

[oberliner]

30. Interesting tidbit: The 50th floor is actually the 40th floor

He inflated the numbers of the floors - not kidding.

[7962]

57. Apparently this is a common thing among NYC developers.

I guess they all have huge egos, but tenants are also part of the problem. People equate a high floor number with being even MORE elite. So they give them what they want.
Ridiculous.

[DBoon]

3. Did the fire smell of brimstone?

nt

[classof56]

41. Good one!

[torius]

53. they did say sulfur

[Iliyah]

4. I hope no one is hurt . . .

secondly, shithole and crew burning evidence?

[DesertRat]

7. No injuries reported

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Pachamama]

22. Now being declared a 4 Alarm Fire.....

Big fire....big enough to take care of a lot of evidence quickly....

Was that an explosion sending material out the windows? At end of video it looks like something large and papers....

[DesertRat]

25. It looks like an explosion

That's a big fire...

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. Was it in Spanky's unit?

[DesertRat]

11. Where his pants are stored...

[RandySF]

8. Burning evidence?

[jmowreader]

18. No, they burned out the motor on their paper shredder

[Pachamama]

21. The Alpha Bank Server?

[keithbvadu2]

9. Insurance lightning? Is there a loan payment due?

[GreydeeThos]

56. More like a payment to a late night social liaison

Trump has to keep ahead of the news cycle

[CountAllVotes]

10. Thoughts & prayers

n/t

[Locrian]

12. ANOTHER dumpster fire? n/t

[Jarqui]

14. Another storage office leased to an ex employee

who was listed as the only occupant (like Manafort) ?

'Sorry Mr. Mueller. That subpoena you issued burned up with some boxes of documents we had put together for you ... '

[jpak]

15. Bonfire of the Vanities

[vercetti2021]

16. Hmm

[Ilsa]

17. ONE SERIOUS INJURY reported per msnbc. nt

[DesertRat]

26. Oh no!

[lastlib]

19. By chance did it start in a dumpster???

[C_U_L8R]

20. Paper shredders overheating?

[Julian Englis]

23. Must have received another subpoena and had the shredders overheat.

[Auggie]

24. Hair goop spontaneously combusts

[Wwcd]

28. Yup

[Bernardo de La Paz]

27. Regulations? Who needs regulation?

[oberliner]

29. One reported injury - said to be serious

One serious injury in fire on 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York City

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/07/trump-tower-fire-50th-floor

[Julian Englis]

31. Tweet: it was convicted art dealer Helly Nahmad that was burning!

Link to tweet

Turns out, the guy in Trump Tower whose apartment that just got torched is an ex-con money launderer of gambling money for the Russian mob, Helly Nahmad. Typical Trump clientele. You can't make this shit up!

[CentralMass]

37. It seems like he is the deceased. What do think that odds are that this was an accident?

[elleng]

40. Dunno.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helly_Nahmad_(New_York)

[wishstar]

39. This may be just a rumor since NBC reported victim was 67 years old while Nahmad is only about 40

[Princess Turandot]

42. The fire was on the 50th Fl. According to the article that you quoted in another post...

...Nahmad owns apartments on the 51st Floor. That tweet is probably just an [incorrect] assumption; he didn't link it to a source.

[Igel]

45. Perhaps.

But it blurs the line between what was proven (gambling) and what was suspected (money laundering).

Russians weren't his only clientele for the gambling. But at the time and place, they were the ostentatious-consumption folk. Like him. (Even though they probably disliked him because he was Jewish.)

[jpak]

32. Per CNN - one fatality

[DesertRat]

34. Yes, the New York Post is also reporting that

One person was killed in the fire and four firefighters were injured. Meanwhile 45 tweeted about how well-built his building is without mentioning the fatality or injuries.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[C Moon]

33. That looks like a serious fire. :O

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

35. Destroying evidence?

[LudwigPastorius]

36. Time it takes for Trump to tweet...

concern about a deadly school shooting in Marshall County, Kentucky = a day and a half

Time it takes Trump to tweet reassurances about how the Trump Tower Tinderbox is "well built" = 30 minutes

[Beacool]

38. Pity it wasn't in the penthouse.

I'm sorry that someone died and others were injured. May the victim rest in peace.

[Roy Rolling]

43. Management Liability

I hope the landlords of that building are not gonna be sued.

Oh, who am I kidding? I'd love to see them dragged through court. It would be fitting that there was a fatality in Trump's building from something totally preventable by competent landlord.

[DallasNE]

44. That Is Some Kind Of Fire For A Building With Sprinklers

We're they in working order? Kind of smells.

[oberliner]

46. No Sprinklers in Upper Floors of Trump Tower

It does not appear to have been a code violation – it was grandfathered in. But there were no sprinklers in the upper floors of Trump Tower.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/no-sprinklers-in-upper-floors-of-trump-tower

[TexasBushwhacker]

58. And you can thank Guilianu for that

From the NBCLosangeles article:

"Some fire-safety advocates pushed for a requirement that older apartment buildings be retrofitted with sprinklers when New York City passed a law requiring them in new residential highrises in 1999, but officials in the administration of then-mayor Rudy Giuliani said that would be too expensive."

[Pale Blue Dot]

47. A warning from Putin?

I’ll just add that conspiracy theory to the pile I would have laughed off mere months ago.

[xor]

50. Warning from Melania...

[BobTheSubgenius]

48. "Such a great fire. A beautiful fire!"

"And a great, well-built building. A building that only catches fire occasionally."

[SunSeeker]

51. I guess paper shredders can overheat.

Sadly, there were victims. Not that you would ever know that from Trump's tweet.

[onetexan]

52. i was thinking they were resorting to burning the paper trail

or that pinging computer versus shredding

[greyl]

54. Profit over quality, Deregulation over safety. Death at Trump tower. nt

[DesertRat]

59. +1

[SergeStorms]

55. Thoughts and prayers.

n/t.