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>> it's such a desire to find somebody and get to them as quickly as possible, and the very real dangers of the structure collapsing on them. of them removing debris can shift the structural balance. >> we're seeing a portion of a building, obviously, that is still standing, that has another portion that's gone. so we're very worried about that. and also, you can smell the air here. all the fumes. these rescue workers are in 15-minute shifts because they want to reduce the exposure to these fumes. >> which is something a lot of folks learned after 9/11. this smoke is not good. >> it's not good...

Like before. this is what it looks like now. an entire structure collapsing, floors pancaked on top of one another. when the dust settled, the building appeared to be sheared in two, with bunk beds, dining rooms, and entire homes left blowing in the wind. some indoor surveillance cameras appeared to have captured the moments before the deadly collapse. >> i have been living here the past ten years. this is, by far, the most horrific thing i've seen in my life. >> ( wailing ) oh, my god! >> reporter: officials say 55 of the 136 apartments collapsed on the northeast side of the building, sparkin...

Intended for the sandy hook victims' families is missing. dry conditions are turni-- than 1,800 acres burned, several thousand people evacuated. >> what are we looking at here? >> these are some boxes. that is a two-story building that has collapsed due to the roof -- the wood in the floor burning through. and then the weight of the structure collapsing. so everything that burned from underneath just dropped straight down. >> imagine returning home to that. i understand there's new information tonight, what are you learning? >> it's a news conference that's happening right now. the firefight...

Roof -- the wood in the floor burning through. and then the weight of the structure collapsing. so everything that burned from underneath just dropped straight down. >> imagine returning home to that. i understand there's new information tonight, what are you learning? >> it's a news conference that's happening right now. the firefighters updating reporters on exactly what they're dealing with. they're saying they're making progress. the containment remains the same, 30%. acreage was bumped up to 1,860. but as far as the number of structures lost, that remains the same. this is one of them. a ...

I thought we're plenty far away. i told her we're going to see a pretty good blast. we were just going to get the structure collapsing on video. >> you were sure it was going to explode? >> i told her there's a good chance we're going to see an explosion but i didn't expect what we got. >> right. >> we're going to get it collapsing and go home. >> right. then how long did you stay afterward? because we've got some emergency vehicles just moving through. it will get loud here in just a second. how long did you stay there after the explosion? >> i sent her home and i probably got home about 2:30...