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At least 16 people needed medical attention Wednesday after a man set fire to papers in the hallway outside a New York City courtroom where the Donald Trump’s business fraud trial for several weeks, forcing the House to leave.
The New York State Court confirmed in a statement to The Daily Beast that preliminary information showed that a person placed documents on the fourth floor of the New York Courthouse and later tried to water in a fire.
It is not clear whether the man’s actions were intentional. He was not identified by the New York State Court but the Associated Press A person’s self-report.
“Preliminary information indicates that at approximately 4:15 p.m. today, a person lowered a fire window on the fourth floor at 60 Center Street to extinguish a fire he had set on paper,” said court spokesman Al Baker.
The New York City Fire Department responded to the fire, Baker added, and three floors of the courthouse were evacuated.
Although there were no serious injuries, 16 people required medical attention, according to Baker: “A Sergeant and a Coroner were taken to NY Downtown Hospital for observation and 14 The Justice Department was RMA on the scene. The information was already there, Baker said, and could change.
“The incident is being investigated and the person is in custody.”
Although the testimony in the former president’s fraud trial wrapped up hours earlier, Arthur Engoron, the judge who oversaw the case, was in his robbery room at the time and one those who were removed, according to the statement. Internal Business. The man was arrested after the incident.
Trump was not in the courtroom Wednesday when testimony ended in his trial, which is on the third floor of the building.