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>> i remember hearing another one of our battalion chiefs that was near me calling for ambulances. i thought, oh, boy, this is not good. >> officials believe the massive explosion is caused by a back draft that ignited the volatile magnesium dust. >> the degree of smoke, the color of it, the way it was puffing out of the building, it had all the right looks and the right recipe for that to just instantaneously blow. >> cameraman matt armitage is shooting the explosion for indianas news channel. ...

Year, is that they have a slogan sort of from the movie "back draft." you go, i go, we go. and so i think that, you know, they will -- he will listen to them and they will respect whatever decision he makes, because they all know that he will make a decision based on what he believes is best. >> but knowing him as well as you do, do you have a sense of which way hes leaning? >> honestly, i dont have any insight, any particular insight into where the vice president is. i this i, again, one of the...

The explosion is caused by a back draft. >> so within a split second, the door slammed, and the window on the second floor has started to blow out of its frame. glass and debris is flying across the street. followed by a big flame. >> no firefighters or residents are injured. once the fires are out, investigator clarks work begins. he discovers that the back draft was caused by a growing criminal enterprise, copper wire theft. >> what we do know about these properties at the time of the fire is ...

And then its flicked back, down the street. >> copper wire theft is a massive problem worldwide. in the uk alone, nearly 1 billion dollars of copper wire is stolen every year and sold for profit. in this case, the way the thief cut the cable caused the gas leak. the gas then mixes with air. and the result is an explosive combination that blows the roof right off the house. a back draft. and a caught on camera moment chris clark will never forget. >> its certainly not a normal incident. there are...

Right now kasie, how many kids piled in were you able to see? >> alex, as you can see theyre starting up the helicopter which is why we had to move fast because the blades were spinning. its probably difficult for you to hear me right now. theres the first round of kids in the helicopter. another round going shortly after they land so were going to have to -- maybe well talk to a few of them after they get off. trump took a number of questions from reporters. he didnt get too far into policy spe...

Is probably perfectly fine for everyone to keep calm and carry on with the summer of trump. joij joining me now is michael temaski. joan walsh and michael steele. michael, let me start with you about the hillary back draft or whatever were calling it. i dont know where to place her in the wind system. >> hot air. >> oh. chairman steele had to just get in there. i feel like -- and its sort of understandable because trump is such a sensationalist this is getting less play and is arguably maybe muc...

Was near me calling for ambulances. i thought, oh, boy, this is not good. >> officials believe the massive explosion is caused by a back draft that ignites the volatile magnesium dust. >> the degree of smoke, the color of it, the way it was puffing out of the building, it had all the right looks and the right recipe for that to just instantaneously blow. >> cameraman matt armitage is shooting the explosion for indianas news channel. >> all of a sudden smoke started pouring out of the building al...

>> i really didnt know what happened. the fire was in the attic, so it wasnt in the room with us so i heard and felt mainly heard the explosion happen. it caused the ceiling covering of the room i was in to fall. for a second i thought the ceiling was collapsing and recognizing it wasnt collapses, but blowing the covering off. >> did you immediately run out? >> no my firefighter was in front of me and so i made sure he was okay. of course he was, because it wasnt heavy debris. i went outside to ...

With different point of view and they are okay with that. were going to play more with bill clinton. right now, at the top of the hour heger has got some headlines. we all know how difficult a firefighters job is. rarely do we actually get to see it. we have some new video that will make your heart skip a beat. look at that right there. a home exploding at the exact moment that firefighters rush inside it. there was a back draft were told that blew out insulation from this home in arkansas rig...

A back draft blew out the understand insulation and the ceiling fell in. thankfully theyre doing fine. three children sent to juvenile detention why? because they refused to have lunch with their father. the childrens parents apparently are locked in a nasty custody dispute. the judge ordered the children to eat with their dad. they refused. so the judge found them in contempt sent them to a juvenile detention center for the rest of the summer. whats really serious here is the kids allege thei...