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Kind of a texture of a talcum powder and when its suspended and hanging in the air, its very explosive and very flammable. if it accumulates over time and in a drop ceiling, it takes something very minor to make that dust airborne and once it finds an ignition source, its airborne. >> a light switch, static, a tool spark, but authorities were never able to confirm the source in this case. after this incident, north carolina passes stricter fire regulations to allow inspectors access to examine c...

Firemans head. but with nerves of steel, the firefighter doesnt even flinch and continue to put out the fire. >> that was shocking. i mean, many people would be like, just drop the hose and run away. >> department officials credit the firemans protective breathing apparatus as the main reason why this event didnt become a tragedy. the firefighter continues, as if nothing ever happened. and in less than a minute gets the fire under control. its believed the blaze started as an electrical fire wit...

Concrete is cracked and crumbling. of superstorm sandy flooded the tunnel, the situation became your jenlt. >> the salt is eating away at concrete. it is eating away at the rails. it is eating away at the cables that go through here for power. >> amtraks ceo, joe boardman, calls it one of the most glaring examples of aging railway infrastructure in the united states. >> this is the busiest corridor in the western hemisphere. we got here because we didnt maintain our infrastructure. >> every day,...

Pitch hillary clinton and bring in joe biden. the democrats have a mess. >> i am laughing at your imagery there. >> orange jail pantsuit. >> thank you both. severe storms slamming parts of the country and triggering heavy flooding. in texas, a torrential down pour causing problems there and submerging vehicles and overwhelming emergency views with water rescues and one tornado was reported in the lone star state damages homes. in kansas, several tornados, levelling the buildings and knocking d...

Driver who fell asleep behind the wheel because they allowed a dangerous driver to drive. >> this government study from 2012 found 37% of all bus crashes were due to driver fatigue. the d.o.t. doesnt provide accident causes and greyhound as a satisfactory rating from the government. another passenger on the same bus lost his leg and a jury in his trial found that greyhound demonstrated reckless indifference to the safety of passengers and drivers and isnt enforcing their rules. the jury awarded ...

Singing voice. >> have you ever so sad that you cant cry? thats the point im at. >> reporter: one passenger died. dozens more were seriously hurt. shes suing. her family said the driver was too tired to drive. the cnn investigation found that greyhound despite saying safety is a top priority does not enforce its own rule related to driver fatigue. internal company documents obtained by cnn show drivers are supposed to stop about every 150 miles. get out, check the tires, walk around the bus and ...

A fire breaks out in the netherlands at a facility that processes chemicals on january 5th, 2011. tv news cameras record bright yellow and orange flames raging out of control. towering clouds of thick smoke turn from the inferno. firefighters try to contain the chemical fuel blaze but its an uphill battle. the flames spread through the facility and find storage tanks of chemicals that erupt, causing a gigantic fireball. as day turns to night, huge bright clouds of fire rip through the dark sky. ...

Damage. the engineer condemned our house a couple hours after the explosion. >> linda wood lives a mile from the refinery. the shock wave is so intense, it makes her home uninhabitable. its not the first time the processing facility has exploded. >> this is the fifth time its blown up in the six years ive been here. >> it takes five months for woods home to be repaired, but she feels lucky that she wasnt there when its blown apart. >> i think that i could have been seriously injured or killed, y...

This building, see the roof lift, look straight through the glass blowout, see the back of the building to see the waldrop. >> despite the chaos, battalion chief mcswain remains calm as he radios for help. >> go ahead. >> we have an explosion in the building. >> i got to stay calm, cool, level-headed, collected, because the moment that i escalate, the moment that i bring intensity out in my voice, then im going to have chaos on the fire ground. >> the enormous blast destroys the shopping mall. >...

Prince georges county busy evacuating a strip mall in forestville, maryland. a camera on board a fire truck shows two firefighters walking in front of the building when suddenly it explodes. the powerful blast blows out several storefronts and causes the ceiling to collapse onto firefighters still inside. other rescue workers rush to aid those caught in the fireball. >> i know i had injured firefighters down on the ground that were clearly hurt, laying in front of me. >> battalion chief kenneth ...