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Good look at the fire damage. Because the fire is still burning, they cant get inside to see what caused it. 151 people were evacuated from that building. The entire building is on fire. Reporter you can hear the urgency as the first officers arrived. We now have the police asking for the mass casualties. We saw this black smoke. I took off running down the h l hallway. I started getting my residents out. Reporter she said at first she heard a loud bang and then the smoke. She and other workers rushed to get elderly residents outside. I went banging on doors going to get my residents up. It is...

160 workers and residents were inside the building when these flames started around 10 45 last night. You can see staff and volunteers helped get people out in wheelchairs, even in their beds and wrapped them up in blankets in that bitterly cold night. Deanna is joining us. Investigators say the evacuation was so chaotic, they are still tracking everyone down. Reporter they want to be careful and make sure they have accounted for everything. Of course, we have learned that some of the residents here are not accounted for. Take a look at what remains. Some people inside tell us this fire began....

Raging. One firefighter said the fire was so hot, it melted his helmet. We continue to get new information. We have confirmed there are people unaccounted for. 151 people were evacuated from the building. 17 are in the hospital tonight. I went banging on doors, going to get my residents up, waking them up. This is a fire, for real. It is not fake. Put the shoes on, made sure they had shoes and coats on and started to take them out z it has been a long day for the residents. Dozens of them are in shelters. Steven fisher talked to students who rushed in to help save the victims. Steven joins you...

As you can imagine its a little chaotic during the evacuation, you know, there were some folks that were evacuated out to west chester university, some folks frankly family they went home with family so were still trying to account for everybody. Reporter from chopper6 we see another view of how intense the flames were. It was a dire situation and by witness accounts there was little time to get get the residents out. In two minutes it was engulfed in flames. Reporter the call in just before 10 30. Running backing in right into the fire at that time it was raging. Reporter but knew they couldn...

Grandmother earlier ton. Sh e wants to make sure she says thank you to the First Responders. All the smoke. Wow. When i saw the smoke it made it real. Reporter 92 yearold martha is reliving last nights evacuation. She tells nbc10 she was fortunate to get out alive. After massive five alarm fire. She still has the number marked on her hand. We learned some are still unaccounted for. At the west chester senior home. Oh god. That would be sad. What gets you so emotional . I dont want somebody to die. Or somebody missing. Reporter First Responders sdp workers and strangers did everything they coul...