Trump Tower di New York dilanda kebakaran

New York (ANTARA News) – Kebakaran terjadi di lantai 50 Trump Tower di New York Sabtu malam, kata departemen pemadam kebakaran, sambil menambahkan tidak ada laporan orang yang terluka.

Dilansir AFP, asap mengepul dari gedung pencakar langit tersebut di Midtown Manhattan sekitar pukul 18.00, tetapi kemudian mereda.

Jalan-jalan di sekitar gedung milik Presiden Amerika Serikat (AS) Donald Trump itu yang berfungsi sebagai markas untuk The Trump Organization dan rumah penthouse, telah ditutup sementara.

Dinas Pemadam Kebakaran New York City mengunggah sebuah gambar di Twitter dari gedung tersebut yang menunjukkan kebakaran tampaknya telah dipadamkan ketika petugas pemadam kebakaran memasuki gedung itu.

Trump sendiri mengatakan bahwa kebakaran sudah dipadamkan.

"Kebakaran di Trump Tower sudah padam. Gedung yang dibangun dengan baik. Petugas pemadam kebakaran (dan perempuan) melakukan pekerjaan hebat. Terima kasih!" tulisnya di Twitter.
Fire breaks out at Trump Tower: fire department
US | fire
New York, United States | AFP | Saturday 4/8/2018 - 05:45 UTC+7 | 132 words

A fire erupted on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York late Saturday, the fire department said, adding there were no immediate reports of injuries.

Smoke rose from the skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan around 6:00 pm (2200 GMT) but later subsided.

Streets surrounding the building owned by US President Donald Trump that serves as the headquarters for The Trump Organization and houses a penthouse, were closed off.

The New York City Fire Department tweeted a picture of the building showing flames but the blaze appeared to have been contained as firefighters made their way into the building.

Trump himself said the blaze had been extinguished.

"Fire at Trump Tower is out. Very confined (well built building). Firemen (and women) did a great job. THANK YOU!" he wrote on Twitter.

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