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House in flames and its captured on city security cameras. >> the effect of that explosion is like a bomb. >> retired fire investigator chris clark is called to the scene after the fir is extinguished. he quickly discovers the chain of events that led to the blowout. >> on the night of the incident, the second house up was the house where the first fire engine tended what was reported to the fire service as a gas meter on fire. we could see there had been some electrical activity in and around t...

Asiana airlines crash in san francisco. documents released before an ntsb hearing today show the training pilot on the flight told investigators he was nervous because a system that helps planes land was disabled for runway repairs. three people lost their lives and more than 200 others injured. tom costello joins us live from washington with more. theres new video of the crash as well released by the ntsb, right? >> this is pretty dramatic video. this was taken from a surveillance camera, appar...

Approved to fly the 777. korean culture would not have allow allowed him to speak up and say he wanted to go around with superiors in the cockpit. he also admitted he was very nervous flying into san francisco that day because the automatic glide slope, which guides them in, was out of action. although, there was a back-up system available to the crew. so really a confluence of factors here. training, aptitude, culture, technical factors. two people died in the crash, youll recall. one teenage g...

The top of the hill whats down below. >> the men of fire station 3 are the first responders on the scene. and they block the top of the hill. sort of. >> you would think our lights, big flashing lights would have kept people away, but they kept turning down the hill and coming right after us. >> two cars end up plowing into their fire engine. southwest salmon street starts to look like a demolition derby. >> you could put a soundtrack of "pinball machine" pretty well to that. >> for us, it was m...

>> not to kind of cry, but its turned its way into political attacks. well, the mayor says contracts with union pd are a huge reason were in this position. that gets spread, and thats where a lot of the community stands. and a lot of it is like real negative. >> they put this off on the fire engine now driving down the street. >> throw stuff. and we get rocks, eggs. >> eggs. >> firecrackers. >> bottles. >> when i was working, the engine has been hit with that stuff. people yelling, cussing. its ...

The top of the hill whats down below. >> the men of fire station 3 are the first responders on the scene. and they block the top of the hill. sort of. >> you would think our lights, big flashing lights would have kept people away, but they kept turning down the hill and coming right after us. >> two cars end up plowing into their fire engine. southwest salmon street starts to look like a demolition derby. >> you could put a soundtrack of "pinball machine" pretty well to that. >> for us, it was m...

That gets spread, and thats where a lot of the community stands. and a lot of it is like real negative. >> they put this off on the fire engine now driving down the street. >> throw stuff. and we get rocks, eggs. >> eggs. >> firecrackers. >> bottles. >> when i was working, the engine has been hit with that stuff. people yelling, cussing. its a total different game than how it was a few years ago. >> its pretty convenient to blame your overpaid firefighters for your problems, right up until your ...

>> they put this off on the fire engine now driving down the street. >> throw stuff. and we get rocks, eggs. >> eggs. >> firecrackers. >> bottles. >> when i was working, the engine has been hit with that stuff. people yelling, cussing. its a total different game than how it was a few years ago. >> its pretty convenient to blame your overpaid firefighters for your problems, right up until your house is on fire. still, riding with these guys, i couldnt help but notice how committed they are to the...

That gets spread, and thats where a lot of the community stands. and a lot of it is like real negative. >> they put this off on the fire engine now driving down the street. >> throw stuff. and we get rocks, eggs. >> eggs. >> firecrackers. >> bottles. >> when i was working, the engine has been hit with that stuff. people yelling, cussing. its a total different game than how it was a few years ago. >> its pretty convenient to blame your overpaid firefighters for your problems, right up until your ...

South of richmond trying to find whoever stole a fire engine and took it for a ride. a cop found it, banged up and abandoned in a ditch. fire officials say the suspect had to jump a fence to take the truck from a maintenance lot. >> california. santa clara countys newest source for clean water is a sewage treatment plant. the pretreated waste water flowing into a 68-million-dollar purification center in silicone valley. the three step process makes the water perfectly drinkable. but they also sa...