Trump Tower Fire Injures Two People

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 22, 2017:  The public entrance to Trump Tower is on Fifth Avenue in New York, New York. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 22, 2017: The public entrance to Trump Tower is on Fifth Avenue in New York, New York. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City fire officials say a fire in Trump Tower’s heating and air conditioning system caused smoke to billow from the roof and injured two people.The Fire Department of New York says the fire started around 7 a.m. Monday at the building that contains President Donald Trump’s home and business offices.

Fire officials say a civilian was treated for serious injuries and firefighter was treated for minor injuries. It took about an hour to put out the fire on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

The president’s son Eric tweeted his thanks to firefighters for doing “an incredible job.”

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  1. Yeah. Bullshit. That’s where tRump and Co. or any of the dozen or so Russian oligarchs that live there were burning any incriminating documents. I’d almost bet money on that.

  2. What do the Trump presidency and property management have in common?

  3. Where there is smoke, there is fire. Where there is fire, there is guilt.

  4. @benthere Where there is fire, there is guilt.

    And at this address - gilt.

  5. Same thing happened when they closed the Russian Consulate in San Fransisco. Apparently secret incriminating papers burn at the temperature of the sun.

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