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Firefighters was saying to his people back at the station. listen. >> we are in a situation where we have an armed person. and he is requesting certain -- certain utilities to be turned back on at his house. suspect is armed and we are in the room with him. >> reporter: very calm description of what was a very tense situation for those firemen. eventually one of them was let go to move the fire engine from in front of the mans house. but the four remained inside until the s.w.a.t. team came a sh...

We do know when the firefighters arrived here at the point they arrived, everything seemed normal. they came to the house, they took the gurney inside, as if they were expecting a medical emergency. and to bring someone out for medical treatment. that is not what happened. they suddenly all five of them at the time found themselves hostage with this man wielding some sort of firearm. so within about a half hour after that, were hearing from residents, one of the firefighters was allowed to go fr...

Actually observed what was going on. they saw the initial fire vehicles pull up to the house. they went inside with a stretcher. and then about a half hour later, one of those firemen runs outside to the fire engine to move it away from the front of the house. we later learned that that was one of the five who was released. that happened about 30 minutes time for him to move the fire engine away from the front of the house. people ask why is this going on right now? there is no indication here a...

You. >> it was a pretty chaotic scene. we had -- fortunately we had a fire station which is located on the campus, so when we received the initial call, dispatch center 11:17, we were able to go ahead and stage at minimum a fire engine and ambulance and ems supervisor. once we started getting more multiple calls and more information from law enforcement, we were able to get more resources to the scene and once they secured the area, we were able to get in our personnel. we had eight ambulances f...

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 more like a game of frogger. >> more like donkey kong. wa, wa, wa, wa, game over. lots of paperwork. >> and, fortunately, no serious injuries. the driver of that volvo that hit seven cars escaped with a gash on the head. another place in the pacific northwest where winter drivers have a bad reputation is in seattle. especia...

Prepared. >> have a plan where you have a means of egress and your family can meet so no one runs back into a dwelling and everyones out and you dont know theyre out. dont wait until youre in that situation and try to navigate it because you just dont think like that. >> across the atlantic, firefighters in west yorkshire, england, think they have the fire contained, but seconds after they clear the building -- [ explosion ] a massive explosion engufls tlf house in flames, and its captured on ci...

>> it was one of those, well here is some snow i can make it. thats usually the portland attitude. i have an suv, crossover, whatnot. >> heads up! >> you keep hearing all these noises and people warning and yelling down the hill to watch out, more cars are coming. >> get out of way! >> southwest salmon is a fairly steep hill you cant really tell from the video, but once youre there, you can see how steep it is. and you cant really see from the top of the hill whats down below. >> the men of fire...

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Building, a massive explosion engulfs the house in flames and its kapts toured on city security cameras. >> the effect of that explosion is like a bomb. >> retired fire investigators chris clark is called to the scene after the the fire 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 attended what was party to the fire service as a gas meter on fire. we could see ther...

Rally when the unions have the second will bill of rights. they most i talked to were civil. some yelled but we could have an argument. kennedy has different experience because she had the nerve to proep toes a-- propose a second bill of rights. >> i felt lovely. we crafted something to protect small business owners. >> the right to hire and fire. the right to relocate from anywhere to anywhere. >> kennedy spent more time at the rally than i. she marched along all was fine until she tried to get...