PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Residents were forced to evacuate a high-rise in Philadelphia's Center City after a fire broke out in the building early Monday morning.

A resident captured video of water leaking out of the ceiling in her apartment building's elevator. Another photo shows the flooded hallways after a fire broke out around 12:30 a.m. at 1919 Market St.

There are more than 300 units in this high-rise. Now hundreds of people have to find a place to stay, and they have no idea when they'll be allowed to return to their apartments.

"Normally, these fire alarms are not actual fires, but I immediately smelled smoke, so we went downstairs and then we saw water flooding into the lobby and then we knew that it was a real fire," Kate Farrell recalled.

At first, it was hours of waiting o

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