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BumRushDaShow

(130,024 posts)
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 08:44 AM Jan 2018

BREAKING: Fire on roof of Trump Tower

Last edited Mon Jan 8, 2018, 09:58 AM - Edit history (2)

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tower-fire-new-york-city/

ETA - Manhattan Borough Fire Chief had a presser ~8:20 am ET that said that the fire was contained to unoccupied floors near the cooling towers. They think it may have been due to the electrical boxes that handle the heaters for the cooling towers (AC) to keep that water from freezing. No evacuations. Elevators responded as expected to get them close. There was one injury - a firefighter.

~8:50 am ET - Streets are reopened around the tower.




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Andy Constan @constanandy

Trump tower on fire
7:26 AM - Jan 8, 2018



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NYCBMD @NycBmd

Trump Tower is on fire
7:35 AM - Jan 8, 2018

LIVE STREAM (thanks to lamp_shade): http://fox8.com/on-air/live-streaming-sc/
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BREAKING: Fire on roof of Trump Tower (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 OP
Started by a pair of 45's pants Rorey Jan 2018 #1
LOL BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #4
Ha! SharonClark Jan 2018 #29
Good one. n/t rzemanfl Jan 2018 #34
burning documents? Sancho Jan 2018 #2
"I told the Russians not to burn the evidence ... " DT Jarqui Jan 2018 #3
We dont need no water.... Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2018 #5
Temps there in the city are in the upper teens/lower 20s. BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #6
Stop the mean stuff people, Good people will be fighting that fire............. Old Vet Jan 2018 #7
Bad people might be fighting the fire as well. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #30
As a retired firefighter, let the fucker burn is mean. And I was trying to be civil....... Old Vet Jan 2018 #35
One whole comment before you stated don't be mean. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #36
Email server just went up Roland99 Jan 2018 #8
+1 uponit7771 Jan 2018 #13
And... LovingA2andMI Jan 2018 #9
Heard a blip from the stream source that it is supposedly "under control" BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #10
It's biblical I tell ya ! OnDoutside Jan 2018 #11
for some reason onethatcares Jan 2018 #12
Where's the fury? GeorgeGist Jan 2018 #14
It caused the fire Roland99 Jan 2018 #15
View of firefighters on roof (video)... PunkinPi Jan 2018 #16
My legs get all wobbly just imagining being that high and on the roof Blue_Adept Jan 2018 #17
yea, me too PunkinPi Jan 2018 #18
Yeah, fuck that shit. Codeine Jan 2018 #19
I can't imagine. Even just doing that on a single story building kinda wigs me out Blue_Adept Jan 2018 #31
I know. cwydro Jan 2018 #20
Pictures emerging from the Russian Embassy, Er, I mean Trump Tower fire: icymist Jan 2018 #21
Oh, man, that was funny. TheCowsCameHome Jan 2018 #25
Helicopter VIDEO of firefighterson the roof L. Coyote Jan 2018 #22
Breaking: Embers from last weeks fire at Chappaqua suspected. TheCowsCameHome Jan 2018 #23
Hope everybody is OK oberliner Jan 2018 #24
The Manhattan Borough Chief said one injury to a firefighter at his presser. nt BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #26
That's good news oberliner Jan 2018 #27
This is clearly a sign from God dalton99a Jan 2018 #28
you never know bdamomma Jan 2018 #33
Is there a dumpster on the roof? crazycatlady Jan 2018 #32
Glad nobody was hurt. BlueStater Jan 2018 #37
How did they get a dumpster on the roof?? titaniumsalute Jan 2018 #38
 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
30. Bad people might be fighting the fire as well.
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 10:02 AM
Jan 2018

Absolutism normally fails absolutely.

I see very little "mean stuff".

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
36. One whole comment before you stated don't be mean.
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 11:03 AM
Jan 2018

That's it.

"As a retired firefighter, let the fucker burn is mean."

Some retired firefighters disagree. Including a number of them living out their "retirement" in prison.

Good job being civil. I was just pointing out the error in the thought that all firefighters are good people and that almost no one had made a "mean" comment before you posted about mean comments. My neighbor is a firefighter. He is truly mean. lol. That's being civil.

onethatcares

(16,209 posts)
12. for some reason
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 09:15 AM
Jan 2018

I giggled when I read the topic........I'm sorry............I really am......I hope no one is injured during this.

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
19. Yeah, fuck that shit.
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 09:38 AM
Jan 2018

I was helping install a satellite dish (the big ones, back in the old days) on a high building in Los Angeles and one of our guys sat on the edge of the building with his legs dangling. Just seeing him do that freaked me out so badly I couldn’t breathe.

Blue_Adept

(6,402 posts)
31. I can't imagine. Even just doing that on a single story building kinda wigs me out
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 10:03 AM
Jan 2018

It's one of the reasons I gave up flying ages ago. Lack of control being the other part. It's just a built in fear that I've been unable to overcome (and have no desire to).

icymist

(15,888 posts)
21. Pictures emerging from the Russian Embassy, Er, I mean Trump Tower fire:
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 09:43 AM
Jan 2018
From a distance:
:large
Picture taken through telescopic lens:

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
37. Glad nobody was hurt.
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 11:17 AM
Jan 2018

That being said, it wouldn't bother me the slightest bit if that tacky, ugly-ass monument to evil burned to the fucking ground.

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