Fire Erupts in Trump Tower Building in Azerbaijan's Capital Baku


TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The 33-story Trump Tower skyscraper in the city of Baku, the Azerbaijan Republic, is still under construction. A fire had broken out in the Trump Tower building, with firefighters responding at the scene, witnesses told Sputnik.

The cause of the fire is still unclear, as well as there are no immediate reports on casualties.

The footage, which has been released by one of the witnesses, shows a plume of smoke rising from the building.

The skyscraper, at 130 meters in height, is one of the five highest buildings in Azerbaijan.

​Construction of the building began in 2008 and by the year 2015, all external work on the facade of the building was completed.

In 2016, after the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, the "Trump Tower" was removed from the name of the building.