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>> there was nothing quite like seeing a fire scene firsthand to give you a fill 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 ev...

Were diesel fuel, the same accelerant used to start the hodges fire. the blacked-out entry on brambletts time card presented another challenge. forensic documents examiner gordon menses used a video comparative specter with various light sources in order to see underneath the black ink. slowly, the information came into view. >> i was able to come up with an original entry that was 5:08 m, which would have been 5:00 in the morning on monday, according to to what i understand about the time clock...

Shes a sellout, if thats the 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 indi...

I just have a gut feeling that theres something about this one that, you know, theres more to it than just the typical missing person. >> just a few hours later, a motorist ten miles away spotted a fire in the parking lot of an abandoned building. when he got closer, he was horrified to see what looked like a human body. >> the upper portion of the body was engulfed in flames. an accelerant was believed to have been used, like gasoline. >> the victim, wrapped in a blue tarp and a blanket, was cl...

>> climbed down the embankment which was a steep embankment and walked his way toward the fire. when he got there at first he thought it was a mannequin. but as he got closer, he realized it was a human being. >> after the fire was extinction wished, the victim was unable to be identified other than to say he was a black male. >> there was no wallet, there was nothing on his person to immediately identify who this body was. >> the scent of accelerant was unmistakable. >> we had found a can that ...

>> 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 day. >> theres a person jumping, hanging from that window. >> ...

>> 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 day. >> theres a person jumping, hanging from that window. >> ...

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 followers. >> nine branch davidians exited that compound that last day. >> theres a person jumping...

>> 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 day. >> theres a person jumping, hanging from that window. >> ...

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 fires, 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 jumpin...