By Sonja Sharp and Wil Cruz
DNAinfo Staff
UPPER WEST SIDE — A pre-dawn fire left 11 people hurt, including a firefighter, after breaking out in a luxury high-rise building on the Upper West Side Tuesday.
The blaze began in an apartment in the 42-story Trump Place at 180 Riverside Boulevard just after 5 a.m., FDNY officials said.
Resident Kay Kim, 39, who lives on the same floor of the affected apartment, said a neighbor was ran up and down the hallway screaming about fire.
"He did his best to make sure we got out," said Kim. "Otherwise, I suspect it would have been much worse. The hallway was so full of smoke."
Of the injuries, ten were minor. One person was seriously hurt and taken to Cornell Hospital.
FDNY officials said the firefighter was only slightly hurt.
The fire, which required more than 20 units and nearly 80 firefighters, was under control about an hour after it started, fire officials said.
The blaze appeared to be contained to the apartment and didn't spread to the other units of the fire-proof building.
The windows of the apartment were blown out, and the walls and ceiling of the unit were blackened.
The cause was under investigation, fire officials said.
