Dennis Dolan, head of the department's recovery effort, his face smudged with soot, his glasses speckled with dust. Fires still burn in the building. We're working as fast as we can. No fire official would estimate how long it might take. As the effort proceeded, video cameras were being used to search sections of the building too small for people to enter.
Floors are on top of one another.
There are burnt timbers and twisted metal all over the place. It is a mess. The discovery of Firefighter Jackson's body, which will be autopsied, appeared to increase the pace of work at the building, which went on throughout the weekend and will continue today. The firefighters raced to the top floor, but quickly became disoriented and then trapped as the fire intensified. When they called for help, a group of 30 to 40 firefighters went in to look for them.