. >> reporter: on the fourth floor, ken smithey climbed out of his apartment. >> some people left in their boxer shorts, shoes, left their purses behind, driver's license. >> reporter: now comes the next step, finding a place to stay as they figure out what's gone, what's salvageable, what's next. >> reporter: people have been pretty stokic and just grateful to being alive. >> there's people evacuating, let's go ahead and put up a second alarm. >> reporter: a second alarm did go off rousing people from sleep. sprinklers would have confined the fire to just one unit but the structure is from the 60s when sprinklers weren't required they will be if it's rebuilt. ken smithey and his donated shoes and socks tonight was crushed to hear the building isn't going to be livable for anyone. >> i thought maybe i'm going to be okay and i can move back in. no it's not going to happen. >> reporter: he has a whole new appreciate for how fast fire can move. >> you don't have 10 minutes, you only have maybe two or three. >> if this ever happens to anybody, you have a lot less time than you think you

. >> reporter: on the fourth floor, ken smithey climbed out of his apartment. >> some people left in their boxer shorts, shoes, left their purses behind, driver's license. >> reporter: now comes the next step, finding a place to stay as they figure out what's gone, what's salvageable, what's next. >> reporter: people have been pretty stokic and just grateful to being alive. >> there's people evacuating, let's go ahead and put up a second alarm. >> reporter: a second alarm did go off rousing people from sleep. sprinklers would have confined the fire to just one unit but the structure is from the 60s when sprinklers weren't required they will be if it's rebuilt. ken smithey and his donated shoes and socks tonight was crushed to hear the building isn't going to be livable for anyone. >> i thought maybe i'm going to be okay and i can move back in. no it's not going to happen. >> reporter: he has a whole new appreciate for how fast fire can move. >> you don't have 10 minutes, you only have maybe two or three. >> if this ever happens to anybody, you have a lot less time than you think you