lived in the building. the neighborhood grieving the staggering loss. so many of the victims children. abc's janai norman leading us off from the bronx here in new york city tonight. >> reporter: tonight, as more than a dozen people fight for their lives, we're getting a first look inside the torch apartment where that horrific fire started, killing 17 people, including these images taken by dailymail.com showing the destruction. twisted metal, incinerated twisted metal, incinerated furniture, ash, and debris covering everything. >> my kids scream, say, "a fire, fire." >> reporter: mamadue wague lived inside with his wife and eight children. he says his kids woke up him, saying their apartment was on fire. he ran through flames to save one of his daughters. >> it was a lot of smoke, you can't see nothing. everywhere, big smoke, dark, couldn't see nothing. >> reporter: the fire erupting around 11:00 sunday morning. more than 200 firefighters racing to the scene, arriving in minutes. >> fire's on the third floor of