ktvu is live in the city tonight with the city tonight. janine. reporter: maureen, there are 40 people staying at this recreation center that is designated as a red cross shelter. you can see just beyond these doors all of the fire victims have laid down to sleep. the lights went out a minute ago. it has been a long and trying day for them. this woman was rescued from her third story apartment shortly after 1:30 this morning. firefighters carefully brought her down on the stretcher while flames raised through the building behind them. this woman who didn t want to be identified, says the fire started in her apartment. she told us through a translator she was sleeping and smelled smoke. i noticed that there was a small fire in the res room so i decided to go to the kitchen to get some water to try to put it out. by the time i had come back the fire had already spread. reporter: the woman says her power was turned off yesterday evening because major renovation work was be
janine. reporter: maureen, there are 40 people staying at this recreation center that is designated as a red cross shelter. you can see just beyond these doors all of the fire victims have laid down to sleep. the lights went out a minute ago. it has been a long and trying day for them. this woman was rescued from her third story apartment shortly after 1:30 this morning. firefighters carefully brought her down on the stretcher while flames raised through the building behind them. this woman who didn t want to be identified, says the fire started in her apartment. she told us through a translator she was sleeping and smelled smoke. i noticed that there was a small fire in the res room so i decided to go to the kitchen to get some water to try to put it out. by the time i had come back the fire had already spread. reporter: the woman says her power was turned off yesterday evening because major renovation work was being done in the complex. she said she was using candles
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