Trump Tower fire: NYFD extinguish blaze 'started by AC unit fault' which left two injured

More than 80 firefighters rushed to Trump Tower this morning to extinguish a fire on the roof which left two people injured.

The blaze, which was reportedly started by an electrical fault in the building’s air conditioning system, was reported on the top floor at 7am local time. (noon GMT).

Aerial views showed firefighters on the roof, with smoke billowing from one corner of the high-rise, which was completed in 1983 as the business HQ of now-President Donald Trump.

Fire officials said a civilian was treated for serious injuries and a firefighter suffered minor injuries. It took about an hour to extinguish the blaze at the high-rise building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

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

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The building houses luxury apartments and a number of businesses.

Smoke billowed from one corner of the high-rise for a while before most of it dissipated.

About 84 firefighters were at the scene initially. A few remained on the roof about an hour later.