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>> get in the car! >> 16-year-old eric marks is watching the inferno from his grandmothers house in middletown -- >> go! >> when suddenly the massive inferno is blocking all exits. >> oh, god. >> so what would you do? youre fleeing a burning town when you suddenly find your exit blocked by flames. should you, a, ditch the car and flee on foot, b, drive around and find a structure to hide inside or c, step on the gas and power through? with the flames rising, you may be tempted to step on it. >> ...

Combustible materials and those materials itself will start to catch fire just based on the radiated heat. >> and rolling down your windows will only let the elements in faster. so if you chose b, you made the correct decision. keep those windows closed. >> what you want to do is try to stay encapsulated inside that vehicle as best as you possibly can. its imperative that you ensure the windows are fully closed and visibility is maintained. its going to be difficult to see but what you need to d...

Middletown, california, a normally quiet community of 1,300 residents, about 70 miles north of san francisco. that all changed on september 12th, 2015, after months of unusually dry heat, an enormous wildfire erupts, sending 200-foot-high flames racing toward the town. >> the trees and the topography and the type of material that was burned had not burned in many, many years, which contributed to the fast rate spread of flame. >> get in the car. >> 16-year-old eric was watching the inferno from ...

And making a run for it isnt much better. >> you should not flee on foot. you most likely would be safer in a structure that would protect you for a matter of moments rather being in the direct line of the wildfire. that fire front will move over you very rapidly, and you have a better chance of survivability by putting yourself inside of a structure. >> the correct answer is b, but if no structure is available there is another option. >> the best sort of escape in a vehicle is to find some sort...

Know, with the car burning. i was panicking. i was shaking for the whole commotion that was happening, but just to think that im going to lose them i was feeling numb, but i got out and ran to them. >> eric and his extended family make it out, but his grandmothers house is totally destroyed along with 60% of middletowns other homes. in the end, several firefighters suffered severe burns and four civilians lost their lives. >> i do think its a miracle that we survived. it was the scariest thing o...

>> get in the car! >> 16-year-old eric marks is watching the inferno from his grandmothers house in middletown -- >> go! >> when suddenly the massive inferno is blocking all exits. >> oh, god. >> so what would you do? youre fleeing a burning town when you suddenly find your exit blocked by flames. should you, a, ditch the car and flee on foot, b, drive around and find a structure to hide inside or c, step on the gas and power through? with the flames rising, you may be tempted to step on it. >> ...

>> you shouldnt cover any vehicle with window coverings due to the fact that those are combustible materials and those materials itself will start to catch fire just based on the radiated heat. >> and rolling down your windows will only let the elements in faster. so if you chose b, you made the correct decision. keep those windows closed. >> what you want to do is try to stay encapsulated inside that vehicle as best as you possibly can. its imperative that you ensure the windows are fully close...

>> 16-year-old eric marks is watching the inferno from his grandmothers house in middletown -- >> go! >> when suddenly the massive inferno is blocking all exits. >> oh, god. >> so what would you do? youre fleeing a burning town when you suddenly find your exit blocked by flames. should you, a, ditch the car and flee on foot, b, drive around and find a structure to hide inside or c, step on the gas and power through? with the flames rising, you may be tempted to step on it. >> a running vehicle i...

Actually overcome by smoke and fire. and making a run for it isnt much better. >> you should not flee on foot. you most likely would be safer in a structure that would protect you for a matter of moments rather being in the direct line of the wildfire. that fire front will move over you very rapidly, and you have a better chance of survivability by putting yourself inside of a structure. >> the correct answer is b, but if no structure is available there is another option. >> the best sort of esc...

Know, with the car burning. i was panicking. i was shaking for the whole commotion that was happening, but just to think that im going to lose them i was feeling numb, but i got out and ran to them. >> eric and his extended family make it out, but his grandmothers house is totally destroyed along with 60% of middletowns other homes. in the end, several firefighters suffered severe burns and four civilians lost their lives. >> i do think its a miracle that we survived. it was the scariest thing o...