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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 electricity was supplied to the houses by overhead copper cables. they wer...

Has a very high resistance and acted like an electrical fuse, basically melting. two houses next door to each other, both with gas meters on fire, unusual circumstances to be sure. but from there, it gets even more unusual from a fire investigators point of view. >> the fires developed in such a way that the two small fires that are being dealt with. and then within a few minutes, the third house up, the door is slightly open. and all of a sudden, you can see the front door slam into the door fr...

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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. >> all of a sudden smoke start...

Systems that are good for lawyers and bad for our community. >> ah, the lawyer. >> if you or a loved one has been injured in an accident. >> if you get hurt, its easy to find lawyers eager to take your case for a percentage of the winnings. >> dont wait, call me today. >> put blitz out of business. >> lawyer andrew smiley didnt sue blitz but he defends his colleagues who did. >> put on these gas cans would prevent explosions occurring because of back draft of fumes into the cans. >> a flame arre...

To do with the fire two fires explodes. clarks investigation reveals 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. >...

Pair of big wire croppers cropped the wire at this point here. 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 ...

Bad for our community. >> the lawyers. >> you and a loved one have been injured in an accident. >> if you get hurt it is easy to find a lawyer ch. >> dont wait call me today. >> lawyer andrew smiley didnt sue blitz but he defends colleagues who did. >> they put it on the gas cans would prevent explosions that have been occurring because of the back draft into the game. >> it is a little piece of metal inserted into a spout that might prevent fire from crawling up into the can and causing an expl...

The upper east side and they would try to get to buildly right around the time of back draft and the miami -- >> oh, right.ildly right around the time of back draft and the miami -- >> oh, right.ly right around the time of back draft and the miami -- >> oh, right. fight started and as soon as the cops started to come, he was gone. >> the fire department is always there when you need them. i got rescued in ady l dilapida thing. i made toast and the whole thing caught on fire and we had -- swear t...

The upper east side and they would try to get to buildly right around the time of back draft and the miami -- >> oh, right.ildly right around the time of back draft and the miami -- >> oh, right.ly right around the time of back draft and the miami -- >> oh, right. fight started and as soon as the cops started to come, he was gone. >> the fire department is always there when you need them. i got rescued in ady l dilapida thing. i made toast and the whole thing caught on fire and we had -- swear t...