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17 SUFFER MINOR INJURIES AFTER MAN SETS PAPERS ON FIRE AT NY COURTHOUSE HOSTING
TRUMP CIVIL TRIAL

WABC
By Eyewitness News
Updated 2 hours ago
NEW YORK -- Nearly a half-dozen people suffered minor injuries after a small
fire was started by someone burning court papers inside the New York courthouse
where former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial is being heard.

Firefighters arrived at the New York State Supreme Court building located in
Lower Manhattan shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday after a report of a suspicious
odor.

Preliminary information provided by a court spokesperson said that a man used a
fire extinguisher on the fourth floor to douse a fire he had set to court
papers.

Firefighters evacuated three floors of the courthouse.

FDNY officials say 17 people suffered minor injuries, two of which were taken to
a nearby hospital. The rest refused medical attention.

The man who set fire to the documents was arrested, according to court
spokesperson Al Baker. Officials didn't immediately identify the man.



The incident happened hours after the conclusion of testimony in Trump's civil
fraud trial case, which has played out on the building's third floor for nearly
three months. Among those evacuated was Judge Arthur Engoron, who has presided
over the trial.

Trump was not in the building Wednesday. Lawyers in the case are scheduled to
make their closing arguments next month.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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