NEW YORK — The 50th-floor apartment in Trump Tower where a man was killed in a raging fire did not have sprinklers — a requirement Donald Trump once fought as a powerful real estate developer. He ultimately decided to spend $3 million to put sprinklers in all 350 units of Trump World Tower near the United Nations, The New York Times reported. "People feel safer with sprinklers," Trump said in 1999, according to The Times. Trump, who was in Washington, sent out a tweet before the fatality was reported: "Fire at Trump Tower is out. No member of the Trump family was in the 664-foot tower on Saturday.

Source: Philippine Star April 09, 2018 01:18 UTC