accounts by the residents that this fire started in a bedroom in a portable electric heater. any questions that i can answer, i'll be happy to do that. >> -- functioning smoke detectors -- >> were there functioning smoke detectors? >> i heard someone ask about the heat. the heat was on in the building. it was being used to supplement the building heat. there were smoke alarms throughout the building. the first call that came in was due to a neighbor hearing a smoke alarm and looking and seeing the smoke and calling. >> commissioner, there were reports that this was a very frequently malfunctioning smoke alarm and that's why many of the residents may not have had urgency to leave. >> we will look into that, but i cannot confirm that now. >> there are reports also that