there are no casualties as far as authorities are concerned. and that s what s so extraordinary here. . this fire is breathtaking. it is frightening. this is a multipurpose address. the address hotel is not just a hotel but it s a residence and there s a mall. explain what you know about this particular building. looks like we lost becky there. i wonder if bruce is still with us. he s providing this incredible image from this balcony. if you can join me again. what do you know about the use of this multipurpose building that it s a mall, it s residence and also a hotel. so there s retail on the ground level. . a couple restaurants. there s restaurants within the establishment and there s service apartments. so it s a partial hotel, partial
so from your vantage point we see the flames, the smoke you have been able to see. what point did you realize there was trouble browing right here? it came up all of a sudden. it started lower than the 20th floor. the flames went up and quickly in the center of the build. ing. it was over the 50th floor. it din mental anguished a bit but then there was a secondary from the uppers. many of those units are fully engulfed. i can see from the vantage point where you re standing on the balcony. is is that the lake that
because of you, we were able to watch a good portion of what was taking place from your 7th floor balcony. right now you re joining us on the phone. what are you seeing and were you kind of shifting your view from the burning building to the left from your balcony. you would then see the fireworks display. the rest of it seems to be under control. at the lower level, there s some fires. but other than that, it seems to be under control. that s always a good sign.
it was kind of like watching the fireworks. what did that feel like to you to be watching the fire from one point of view from your balcony and then just shifting your eyes a few inches and then you were watching this incredible fireworks display. my heart goes out to the people in the hotel and apartments that there s no loss of life. and then the celebration that occurred just less than a kilometer away. so bruce, could you tell
how it is situated, i would think the evacuation would be in a different direction than where i went. i m certain lly surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people right now that fled. i talked to a gentleman who asked if i was at the address. he said he spoke with someone that was at the address. so who know where is they went. it s a big area. god help those who that are still trying to get out. you re doing a great job, josh. stick with us. i want to bring in bruce because it s his vantage point there on the left of your screen we re seeing by way of his skype. you re on your balcony there. are you seeing anything different from your vantage