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>> there was nothing quite like seeing a fire scene firsthand to give you a full appreciation of the devastation that has taken place, and also to give you a feel for how the fire might have developed. >> they needed to answer two critical questions -- what sparked the fire? and how could it appear so suddenly and erupt into a fatal blaze that claimed 31 lives? nearly a million people relied on the underground each day. they needed to know if the system was safe. >> it was on the front pages of ...

Term that he would use. >> when police went to question him, he was gone. neighbors said he hadnt been around since olamide went missing. >> he did not have a vehicle. and the fact that olamides vehicle was missing, that pointed even more directly towards wallace. >> nationwide alerts were issued for wallace and for olamides car. >> when we say that yes, we had reason to believe that hes involved or has knowledge, that does not rule out that there could be other individuals. so, were still looki...

A volunteer firefighter was first on the scene. >> he climbed down the embankment which is a steep embankment. he walked his way towards the fire. when he got there, at first he thought it was a mannequin or something of that sort. but as he got closer he realized it was a human being. >> after the fire was extinguished, the victim was unable to be unidentified other than to say he was a black male. >> there was no wallet, there was nothing on this person to immediately identify who this body wa...

Indicating an accelerant had been poured. nine experts said it was not. she alerted both the prosecution and defense her family was friendly with the deputy fire marshal whos testimony helped send willingham to death row. today would that be cause for a mistrial? >> no. >> not a conflict of interest? >> in a small town like corsicana, lots of people knew doug fog. i dont know the details about the jury selection. dont know why she wasnt stricken. lets say she was friends with doug fog. >> report...

Everything right or that atf did everything right. but we did not set the fire, we did not murder anybody. >> infrared photography taken by helicopters above the building shows the fire igniting in three different places inside the compound. >> all of the indications are that the fire was set from within, presumably by some of david koreshs follower. >> nine branch davidians exited that compound that last day. >> theres a person jumping, hanging from that window. >> seven of the nine had acceler...

>> im not saying the fbi did everything right or that atf did everything right. but we did not set the fire, we did not murder anybody. >> infrared photography taken by helicopters above the building shows the fire igniting in three different places inside the compound. >> all of the indications are that the fire was set from within, presumably by some of david koreshs followers. >> nine branch davidians exited that compound that last day. >> theres a person jumping, hanging from that window. >>...

People in there or that the fbi had perhaps started the fire. >> im not saying the fbi did everything right or that atf did everything right. but we did not set the fire, we did not murder anybody. >> infrared photography taken by helicopters above the building shows the fire igniting in three different places inside the compound. >> all of the indications are that the fire was set from within, presumably by some of david koreshs follower. >> nine branch davidians exited that compound that last ...

Right here than we do on this side. >> lane then drew a diagram of the floor plan and charted the burn patterns using an arrow to point toward the heat source. >> examining this pattern, it indicates the direction of fire flow starting at the bottom of this pattern, where we first see charring, and then at the top of this where we see charring. if we drew a line across there, it gives us a direction from which the fire started. >> then he looked for visible signs of an accelerant, like gasoline,...

>> the evidence showed that she was in the house when the fire started. >> at some point, sabina was alive in or about the structure when it was burning because she did have some soot in her lungs. >> between the farmhouse and sabinas body, police found a red t-shirt stained with sabinas blood. fire investigators found traces of accelerant inside the house and quickly ruled the fire arson. investigators thought the crime was one of passion. >> rage, pure rage. perhaps motivated by someone to get...

>> he received about $250,000 in insurance benefits. >> the second motive that some of the investigators believed existed was that paul camiolo was tired of caring for his infirm parents. >> fire investigators searched through the rubble and found something very suspicious. >> in the center of the room there was a pattern that looked like perhaps it might have been associated with a liquid pour, what they refer to, when someone may have poured an accelerant. >> to see if an accelerant was used i...