Trump Tower unit did not have sprinklers

The apartment destroyed by a raging fire that killed a resident and injured six firefighters in New York’s Trump Tower had no sprinkler system, authorities said.

Firefighters remained at the scene Sunday, cleaning up after the blaze and trying to determine its cause. The fire broke out shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday in the 58-story building.

President Trump keeps a penthouse residence in the building, and his business has offices there. Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said Secret Service agents accompanied firefighters to check on the Trump residence.

Nigro said no Trump family members were inside.

Trump, in a tweet, thanked firefighters and said the blaze was “very confined,” citing a “well built building.”

Nigro said, “The upper floors, the resident floors, are not sprinklered.”

The building was completed in 1983, several years before sprinkler systems were mandated.

Owners of older, residential highrises are required to add the systems only when major renovations take place.

Safety advocates wanted older apartment buildings to be retrofitted with sprinklers when the city began requiring them in new residential high-rises almost 20 years ago.

Then-mayor Rudy Giuliani supported developers’ objections, citing cost concerns.

Nigro said firefighters found the apartment “entirely on fire.” The victim, Todd Brassner, 67, was rushed to a hospital and died a short time later.