Resident dies, six firefighters injured in Trump Tower fire
And no, Donald Trump was nowhere in sight. He was initially listed in critical condition, but pronounced dead later in the evening, according to the NYPD . "People feel safer with sprinklers", Trump told The New York Times in 1999. Before news of the death, President Donald Trump congratulated firefighters and tweeted that the fire was out and "very confined" in the " well built building ".