It's reported a fire started on the top floor of Trump Tower just before 7am local time.
The Fire Department there say it involved an electrical box.
Smoke was seen coming from the high rise but that has now started to clear.
Two people have been injured and more than 80 firefighters were called to the building in Manhattan.
<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fire breaks out at New York City's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trump?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Trump</a> Tower, firefighters seen on the roof: CBS News (Video: CBS News) <a href="https://t.co/30fdqBmAnO">pic.twitter.com/30fdqBmAnO</a></p>— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) <a href="https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/950355645034676224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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