a deadly fire in a high-rise building not far from legendary waikiki beach in honolulu. >> this coming weeks after that lethal inferno in london that claimed about 80 lives. horrifying images such as these broadcast around the world and this morning in hawaii, big questions about what started the fire and why there were no sprinklers in that building. >> and there are also stories of survival that are pouring in this morning. we're going to be speaking with the mayor of honolulu but we start with marci gonzalez with the latest from our los angeles bureau. marci, good morning to you. >> reporter: paula and dan, good morning. this morning some parts of that building are still smoldering. firefighters putting out flames that rekindled and doing sweeps of that massive building with more than 500 apartments making sure there are no other victims. overnight at least three people killed in this five-alarm apartment fire in honolulu, just ten minutes from waikiki beach. >> the next thing we know, the smoke just billows out. windows are being broken. glass is flying all over. >> wow, you guys,

it was when a fire in the world famous waikiki beach. at least three people were killed and a dozen injured. the building did not have fire sprinklers. >> reporter: >> reporter: at abousprinklers. at 32:15 smoke run through the high rise sending flames sky yard as flames ran down two stories including residents, and children and the elderly ran for their lives. >> it was horrendous. flames shooting out and black smoke. >> by night fall the fire had eaten its way through the 24 floor. >> voices screaming, constant screaming. help me help me, help me. >> three people died and a scralabled and in some cases scrawled into position to control the flames. honolulu fire cheap nanny neves his a sprinkler system could have saved lives. >> if there were sprinklers in this apartment, the fire would be contained to the unit of origin. >> by the mid 1970's u.s. building codes began to require sprinklers in all new high rises. the marco polo residence were built in 1971. an average of 40 people a year die in high rise fires in the u.s. according to a

a survivor says it was when a fire in the world famous waikiki beach. at least three people were killed and a dozen injured. the building did not have fire sprinklers. here's tony dokoupil. >> reporter: at about 2:15 p.m. on friday, fire tore through the 20th floor of this beachview highrise in honolulu. sending flames and smoke skyward as flames ran down more than 20 stories including residents, and children and the elderly ran for safety. >> it was horrendous. it was flames shooting out and black smoke. re reporter: by night fall the fire had eaten its way through the 29th floor. >> i heard three or four women's voices screaming. help me help me, help me. >> reporter: three people died and a dozen were injured before more than 100 firefighters scrambled, and in some cases crawled into position to control one flames. honolulu fire chief manny neves says a modern automatic sprinkler system could have saved lives. >> without a doubt, if there were sprinklers in this apartment, the fire would be contained to the unit of origin. >> by the mid 1970's u.s. m

flames and heavy black smoke could be seen pouring from the building at the popular waikiki beach. those who died were found in the apartment in the highrise there. one resident described the horror. >> i looked down and i could see the billowing smoke, i heard three women voices, screaming pleading moneying, -- moaning screaming and helping, please, continuous screaming for five or ten minutes. >> fire code did not require the building to have sprinklers making it difficult to get the fire under control. >>> good news for ryan lochte an appellate court concluded he did not break the law when he exaggerated the details of an incident at an gas station last august. he called it an armed robbery. the swimmer and his teammates vandalized the station and confronted by armed security guards when they tried to leave. he was charged with falsely communicating a crime to authorities. he was suspended for ten months from the national swim team. >>> a look at markell fultz injury as the sixers wrap up their summer league in las vegas, that's next in sports. pro-tip: chop all your veggies for

. >>> let's go to hawaii where wildlife x's have close to part of the beach in southern waikiki to protectnd in -- endangered hawaiian monk seal. >> the seal gave birth to a pup last thursday. officials ripped off an area of the beach that is far enough away so rocky does not feel threatened. and eight mile stretch of ocean is also blocked off from swimmers. the area will be protected until the seal family decides it is time to swim off into the ocean and go enjoy their lives. >> i hope they are enjoying their little time alone.>>> a historic piece of artwork has returned to its original location in san francisco -- sort of. the new tribute to the artist's original drying. >>> tesla model three is being delivered. we will tell you about the first car off the line that was given away as a birthday present coming up. ♪ what should i watch? show me sports. it's so fluffy! look at that fluffy unicorn! he's so fluffy i'm gonna die! your voice is awesome. the x1 voice remote. xfinity. the future of awesome. there is a place where heroes hspider-man.... black widow... captain america... and eddie