Mon Jan 8, 2018, 11:04 AM

erronis (9,185 posts)

Two injured in fire at New York's Trump Tower, officials say

Source: Reuters

Two people were injured in a brief early-morning fire near the top of Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan as the city’s workday rush began, the New York Fire Department said on Monday.

U.S. President Donald Trump was in Washington at the time.

One firefighter was hospitalized with nonlife-threatening injuries and a building worker, who had an injury that was initially described as serious, was treated at the scene and declined further medical attention, the Fire Department said.

Eric Trump, one of the president’s sons, said on Twitter that it was a small electrical fire in the cooling tower on the building’s roof.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-trump-fire/two-injured-in-fire-at-new-yorks-trump-tower-officials-say-idUSKBN1EX17A

Besides Eric, who else was up on the roof burning papers? Curious minds want to know!

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10 replies	Author	Time	Post
Two injured in fire at New York's Trump Tower, officials say (Original post)	erronis	Jan 2018	OP
The cause is obvious	spinbaby	Jan 2018	#1
Electing a new Pope.	Cattledog	Jan 2018	#2
You win with the best caption for any photo of this!	redstatebluegirl	Jan 2018	#4
Pope Barron the 1st?	BHDem53	Jan 2018	#10
I'm guessing they skimp on maintenance with the result being issues like this.	groundloop	Jan 2018	#3
I strongly susupect they hire unqualified people.	Scruffy1	Jan 2018	#7
Trump Tower: a microcosm of this future nation...	LudwigPastorius	Jan 2018	#5
I remember that article and would have expected that he'd shiny up the place a bit	erronis	Jan 2018	#8
The worker who refused treatment,	R Merm	Jan 2018	#6
No, I don't think it was Melania.	erronis	Jan 2018	#9

Response to erronis (Original post)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 11:35 AM

spinbaby (13,957 posts)

1. The cause is obvious

Pants on fire.

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Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:12 PM

Cattledog (5,047 posts)

2. Electing a new Pope.

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Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:22 PM

redstatebluegirl (10,957 posts)

4. You win with the best caption for any photo of this!

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Mon Jan 8, 2018, 03:50 PM

BHDem53 (926 posts)

10. Pope Barron the 1st?

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Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:13 PM

groundloop (9,500 posts)

3. I'm guessing they skimp on maintenance with the result being issues like this.

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Response to groundloop (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:31 PM

Scruffy1 (2,980 posts)

7. I strongly susupect they hire unqualified people.

I remember when Trump sued the manufacturer of a centrifugal chiller because the operator started it without the pumps running, resulting in major damage. I just couldn't believe that any refrigeration person would do this. Electrical fires just don't "happen " very often on well maintained equipment.

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Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:22 PM

LudwigPastorius (2,877 posts)

5. Trump Tower: a microcosm of this future nation...

...an ostentatious place for the 1%ers where the infrastructure and upkeep has been so neglected that it's hazardous to live or work there.

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a49868/trump-tower-what-a-dump/

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Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:36 PM

erronis (9,185 posts)

8. I remember that article and would have expected that he'd shiny up the place a bit

For all the us/foreign dignitaries carrying large bags full of some type of paper.

Of course those dignitaries don't have to stop at any floors below the top 3. They might get mugged otherwise.

Sad rot in the heart of the big apple.

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Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:29 PM

R Merm (344 posts)

6. The worker who refused treatment,

did he refuse treatment because he was illegal?

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Mon Jan 8, 2018, 12:37 PM

erronis (9,185 posts)

9. No, I don't think it was Melania.

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