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This isjudith and ross urquhart�*s, that�*s their house. they are the former principal, lost her home. this is the lytton hotel. its fire escape stayed up, as did its chimney. the doctor�*s office, the hospital, all to the right. gone. to the left we have st barnabas�* church, its rectory and a memorial, a parish hall. that survived. so somehow the fire did not get those three buildings. 0k. so this is 167 ir 17 road, 25 years we have been working on this property.

Crying for help, help, help. no fire escape. >> reporter: one of the big questions that we had, that we've had since yesterday, was, was this building up to new york city fire code? now, according to that fire code, every single apartment unit should have a door that automatically closes. now, we had heard from the company that owns this building, they said that back in july, just, you know, several months ago, they checked the doors in this building and confirmed that they did automatically close. however, one key detail we learned this afternoon from investigators and officials, they said th...

This isjudith and ross urquhart�*s, that's their house. they are the former principal, lost her home. this is the lytton hotel. its fire escape stayed up, as did its chimney. the doctor's office, the hospital, all to the right. gone. to the left we have st barnabas' church, its rectory and a memorial, a parish hall. that survived. so somehow the fire did not get those three buildings. 0k.

This isjudith and ross urquhart�*s — that's their house. they are the former principal, lost her home. this is the lytton hotel. its fire escape stayed up, as did its chimney. the doctor's office, the hospital, all to the right. gone. to the left we have st barnabas' church, its rectory and a memorial, a parish hall. that survived. so somehow the fire did not get those three buildings. 0k. so this is 167 ir 17 road, 25 years we have been working on this property. one board at a time.

Was my daughter, serena. we were able to get a hotel room in abbotsford and we have been there ever since. what is your plan for dinner? just going to order in. i was going to cook but i'm really pooped, exhausted. this isjudith and ross urquhart�*s — their house. they are the former principal, lost her home. this is the lytton hotel. its fire escape stayed up, as did its chimney. the doctor's office, the hospital, all to the right. gone.