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Were on a fire escape. firefighters got here within three minutes. they were able to rescue many people, but for the 12 people who died, 5 children and 7 adults, the -- this fire moved so quickly, fire officials believe those 12 victims all died within the first few minutes of this fire. katy? >> heartbreaking. anne thompson, thanks so much. it's been a year of reckoning that changed the national conversation. but where will the me, too, movement go in 2018?

Floor apartment with her 8 month old granddaughter. i asked if the third floor was cleared and they looked at me and looked away. >> reporter: residents recall climbing out of their apartment windows to escape the fire. >> what floor do you live on? >> third floor. >> third floor? >> yeah. >> you saw the smoke coming in your apartment? >> yeah. >> that's when you left through the back window? >> yeah. >> you climbed out the fire escape? >> yes. >> that was jay dow reporting. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. in mumbai, india, fire there. you see in the images. the fire that...

13 degree weather thursday night and watched as firefighters frantically wheeled one unresponsive victim after another, performing chest compressions along the way. away from a burned five-story building at 2363 prospect avenue in the belmont section of the bronx. >> the last i heard was my mom text my sister that they were trapped in the room. >> reporter: christine, she declined to share her last name, stood in shock at the corner. her mother's last text message, she was trapped in her third-floor apartment with her 8-month-old granddaughter with no way out. >> i asked if the third floor was...

Out into the staircase. the staircase acted like a chimney, spreading that fire through all five floors. people -- the fire department got here within three minutes of the call coming in, but in many cases, for at least 12 people, that three minutes was much too late. 20 people were on a fire escape, waiting to be rescued. the fire department did the best they could trying to rescue people, but we understand that the 12 people who died, died in the very early moments of this fast-moving fire. i know that two of the people who died is a grandmother and her grandchild. i spoke to the grandmother...

Feet dangling off the edge an abyss below these are the kinds of shots that earn them the respect of the rooftop and community. jason has made it to the top and sends a text to the others that they should follow him through the engine room and up the fire escape. then as is the first generation in china to have grown up with relative wealth then