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>> within the blast radius, a nursing home, hospital, and a middle school. >> the fire fighters that are missing were first responders. they were the ones that actually went to the scene on their call or page out. they responded to the scene and were actively fighting the fire at the time the explosion occurred. >> reporter: the firefighters, volunteers. the chemicals present, ammonia, it is explosive in concentrated form, adding water is a lethal mix. >> someone asked me the fire fighting metho...

dangerous situation for those suffering through record-breaking heat. triple digit temperatures are making life absolutely miserable for about 100 million americans this weekend. thats about a third of our population. heres a look at todays predicted highs across the united states. lets go first to cnns reporter live in atlanta in a cooling center where the heat is expected, nick, to hit 106 degrees. that makes me think back to the record here in atlanta in 2007. lets talk about how da...