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Have been engulfed in flames. >> you see the glass coming down and obviously right as hes rescued there within seconds an entire floor of that building utterly collapses. >> yes. >> my question, karen, how were you able to stay so calm sunny must say your hand is incredibly stead steady. >> i wasnt as calm as i appeared to be, i think. but i really wanted to be able to capture this moment so that however i could get it out to the public for them to see. because i dont know that very many people ...

But it kind of allows us to fight the fire on our terms. so if we do have a fire thats burning toward homes or a road and we want to kind of stop that from coming down real quick, we can burn out that fuel and create a dispensable space and kind of eliminate the problem. again, its kind of fighting fire on our terms. >> thank you so much for taking time out. probably the statistic that the firefighters here in ventura county are most proud of and the statistic the homeowners are so grateful for,...

Reporters and even standing out there, this line of storms coming through can potentially be dangerous. what were going to see as we track if this for you. keep in mind we are talking central times. as that line of storm makes its way over towards the east, very close to 6:20 even sooner than that. as we go throughout the day, the winds are going to be the big factor. the winds are going to be gusting at times up to about 35 miles per hour throughout the afternoon. imagine then if you were the f...

Hour we start to get a better scene of what is happening on the ground. >> so were going to have two layers s of affect here. what it does in terms of the fire, the moisture and wind, and also, very tough on those first responders to deal with dropping temperatures and all the weather. >> a very fluid situation happening overnight, affecting down in west, texas, right now. so much else going on in the country including here in boston. the aftermath of the terror attack. what has the president be...

>> reporter: right now is god the only thing that can help you guys? >> yeah. weve got help. you theres an east texas ambulance, limestone, theres a whitney ambulance here. weve got everybody around helping us, but its a true disaster situation. >> reporter: what are your prayers for today and tomorrow and the next few weeks? >> that we get as many saved as we can. and get them to hospitals where they can get appropriate care. i believe we have a total of six hell koermen helicopters on the way....

Severe weather front on the way. minutes away, potentially, from hitting the town of west, texas, bringing with it severe winds. jennifer delgado is standing by to give us a sense of what they can expect. >> youre right. we are really watching this storm because its less than an hour away from making its way into west, texas, as well as waco, texas. want to point out right now, winds at 32 miles per hour. the winds are going to be essential, of course, because the fire is not contained. the wind...

Who could be impacted by the fumes and people that are stuck inside, and weather is the last thing they need at this point, john. >> you can say that again, martin. any sense of how close rescuers and officials can get to the blast and the houses and the nursing home nearby? >> reporter: well, they have been, actually, in the process of getting into the nursing home and getting into some of the nearby homes, the apartment buildings, when they spotted the fire. evacuation was the first thing they...

They have already pulled together. i would like to mention again that not only have we had local fire, rescue, police, medical services, but we have had assistance from the dallas/ft. worth metroplex as well. there has been an outpouring of support from law enforcement, fire, medical, red cross is here, from my understanding the governmental agencies are here assisting, fema has been made aware, all of those issues get worked out at a certain point in time. at this point, again, our main goal an...

Breathe it in. it depends on how much you breathe in. you breathe in a lot, it can kill you almost instantly. you dont breathe in much, get to fresh air and youre fine and no lasting effects at all. >> we heard from the sergeant, the atmosphere in the area right now is testing safe. does it dissipate quickly? is that why they can be so certain that its safe? >> it can dissipate relatively quickly. my western would concern would people who breathed it in immediately. >> two incidents. first came ...

Careful and not head in that direction. the medical director of west, texas, george smith, telling us an incredible story of what he did and what he saw. >> we got a report of a fire at fertilizer plant. we sent the ems unit, we always do to help back the firemen up. i saw how bad it was so i went to the nursing home. im the medical director for the nursing home. i went over to the station closest to where the fire was and called all personnel to me there that was in the building and said, get p...