his wife live next to the blue building. they say by the time they heard the fire alarm flames had already spread to their building and started burning their fourth story apartment. they were trying to put a happy face on it and i think move forward, but as you start to realize the more that you lost in the fire, then it will be less happy faces. reporter: firefighters say the fire displayed all five units inside the blue building and the liquor store below causing extensive damage to the beige apartment complex next- door, 30 adults and seven children now homeless, one renter, one police officer and four fighters injured. one had a cuthand. one had an injured foot. three firefighter two firefighter and one officer were injured in the stair collapse in the main fire building. reporter: looking at these large flames ben is counting his blessings that he and his wife made it out okay. maureen kelly spoke to witnesses watching that fire unfold. reporter: across the