When conditions are dry like this, we are urging people to use extreme caution. Cigarettes are the prime culprits, but any spark can ignite a fire.

We're seeing a lot of these.

They do believe that the fire began in an upper story, but it's too early for us to have a cause it's still under investigation.

The roof is completely gone and there are some floors that are collapsing.

Amazingly, given that this was a very intense fire and a large fire and that you're talking about senior citizens, everyone self-evacuated except for one woman the police escorted out.

When our crews arrived, they found patients with symptoms that were consistent with carbon monoxide poisoning.