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Cruiser out of view of the dashcam. they hope the fire department arrives before its too late. lieutenant brian, his brother, jeff, and firefighter janet evans respond from the bristol fire department. >> when we arrived on scene, the rear tires of the truck was on fire. at that point, we didnt know how long the fire had been burning or how long itd been exposing the aluminum tank. being aluminum, it has a failing point rather quickly. >> the lieutenant and his crew decide to park in front of th...

>> i asked the operator whether or not he could separate his cab from the tanker and he said he tried but he couldnt. can you separate it? >> no way. i cannot. >> fearing for their lives, trooper lauer and the driver take cover behind the police cruiser out of view of the dashcam. they hope the fire department arrives before its too late. lieutenant brian wimper, his brother jeff and firefighter janet evans respond from the bristol fire department. >> when we arrived on scene, the rear tires of ...

Trooper lauer and the driver take cover behind the police cruiser out of view of the dashcam. they hope the fire department arrives before its too late. lieutenant brian, his brother, jeff, and firefighter janet evans respond from the bristol fire department. >> when we arrived on scene, the rear tires of the truck was on fire. at that point, we didnt know how long the fire had been burning or how long itd been exposing the aluminum tank. being aluminum, it has a failing point rather quickly. >>...

Arrives before its too late. lieutenant brian, his brother, jeff, and firefighter janet evans respond from the bristol fire department. >> when we arrived on scene, the rear tires of the truck was on fire. at that point, we didnt know how long the fire had been burning or how long itd been exposing the aluminum tank. being aluminum, it has a failing point rather quickly. >> the lieutenant and his crew decide to park in front of the burning tanker and for good reason. >> we parked in front of the...

Take cover behind the police cruiser out of view of the dashcam. they hope the fire department arrives before its too late. lieutenant brian, his brother, jeff, and firefighter janet evans respond from the bristol fire department. >> when we arrived on scene, the rear tires of the truck was on fire. at that point, we didnt know how long the fire had been burning or how long itd been exposing the aluminum tank. being aluminum, it has a failing point rather quickly. >> the lieutenant and his crew ...

Take cover behind the police cruiser out of view of the dashcam. they hope the fire department arrives before its too late. lieutenant brian, his brother, jeff, and firefighter janet evans respond from the bristol fire department. >> when we arrived on scene, the rear tires of the truck was on fire. at that point, we didnt know how long the fire had been burning or how long itd been exposing the aluminum tank. being aluminum, it has a failing point rather quickly. >> the lieutenant and his crew ...

They hope the fire department arrives before its too late. lieutenant brian, his brother, jeff, and firefighter janet evans respond from the bristol fire department. >> when we arrived on scene, the rear tires of the truck was on fire. at that point, we didnt know how long the fire had been burning or how long itd been exposing the aluminum tank. being aluminum, it has a failing point rather quickly. >> the lieutenant and his crew decide to park in front of the burning tanker and for good reason...

Dashcam. they hope the fire department arrives before its too late. lieutenant brian, his brother, jeff, and firefighter janet evans respond from the bristol fire department. >> when we arrived on scene, the rear tires of the truck was on fire. at that point, we didnt know how long the fire had been burning or how long itd been exposing the aluminum tank. being aluminum, it has a failing point rather quickly. >> the lieutenant and his crew decide to park in front of the burning tanker and for go...

>> well, the concrete is a very heavy and its not easy to carry with helicopters and pour it from the top. you can see, its not easy to do with water, yet alone with something like concrete. so its not an option. and as i told you earlier that the task is to keep the temperature below 1,200 degrees "c," which is the failing point for the cladding of the fuel rod. so if we can assure that the temperatures are below that and we survey the environment so we know we do not have significant amount of...