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Means there is available personnel and equipment, helicopters on this fire alone about a dozen different fingers. it is growing in many different directions. difficult to contain when winds are blowing like they are now. easily over 20 miles an hour where im at gusting to over 40. at this point it is burning out of control and here is a sound bite. >> we need people to leave now while they can. earlier this evening i was in areas that had been ordered evacuated and saw residents attempting with ...

The less experience version? they said this is the version that works. its the rolls-royce version. it all fits together like a puzzle. its an anti-climb device if you look at the steel on top. we actually built prototypes, and we have -- i guess you could say world-class mountain climbers. this wall cant be climbed. this is very, very hard. we had 20 mountain climbers. thats all they do. they love to climb mountains. they can have it. me, i dont want to climb mountains. plus its designed to abs...

Going to work. i said, how about doing a less expensive version. they said, well, this is the version that works. the royals royce version. protects how that stops, its an anti-climb device, if you look at the steel on top. we actually built prototypes and we have, i guess you could say world class mountain climbers. this wall cant be climbed. its very hard. we had climbers, 20 mountain climbers, thats all they do, they love to climb mountains. they can have it. i dont want to climb mountains. p...

Theyre going to have to bring hoses and water and we dont know where theyre going to hook it up because theres not a lot of water out here. nobodys going over the wall, but going over it is impossible. is virtually impossible. i guess maybe one of the greatest pole vaultners history can get over the low one, but its going to be very painful when they land, right? >> oh my god. >> i can go through the checklist again in the rolls royce of sheet metal. we have climbers, mountain climbers. >> no we...

Doesnt work because you hit concrete and fellas how about a less expensive version. and it is a rolls royce version. and it is an ant climb device if you look at the device on top. we have built prototypes and we have had i guess you could say world class mountain climbers. this wall cant be climbed. we had 20 mountain climbers, thats all they do, is climb mountains they can do it, me, i dont want to climb mountains, it absorbs heat, it is extremely hot, you can fry an egg on the wall, and if yo...

So if theyre going to climb it, they are going to have to bring hoses and water, and we dont know where theyre going to hook it up because theres not a lot of water out here. nobody is going over the wall. but going over it is virtually impossible. i guess maybe one of the greatest pole vaulters in history can get over the low one, but its going to be very painful when they land. [ laughter ] >> joining our conversation mara gay, plus the rev al sharpton, president of the national action network...

Heat, so its extremely hot. you wont be able to touch it. you can fry an egg on that wall. its very, very hot. theyre going to have to bring hoses and water and we dont know where theyre going to hook up because theres not a lot of water out here, so its a very, very hard thing to climb. we were thinking about and all concrete wall, this is a much more expensive version but i want to have a vision looking for mexico, looking both directions. they have to be able to because otherwise you have a b...

>> all of the pictures we have are pictures of your homes or your familys homes. when you look at these where they are now at the state they are in, what memories do you have there? and do you think they can be rebuilt? >> no. i think that bahamians are very resilient people so we will rebuild and that is something we are very supportive of each other and get there. it just take time. i know summers i would spend with my great grandmother and grand aunts and uncles in the memories we had in thos...

If i had had 100 fire engines that night, and lined them up in front of that fire, it would have blown right over top of 100 fire engines. it would not have stopped that fire. there was no stopping that fire. there was nobody that ever fought a fire, that was still working, that had ever seen anything like that before. it just took it off the charts. i had no idea. it absolutely took it -- overwhelmed me in every way, and the system. i knew there was no way we were going to get to everybody. one...

Adrenaline and not thinking, i just ran over to this super- heated propane tank and i turned it off. stupidest thing i could have done. this was a bomb that i walked over to and just turned off. and then i ran back to the firefighters. i said, "i got the gas off. is it off?" they go, "yeah, but its still on fire." the pool house was on fire. the firefigters were doing whatever they could to get it out, but they couldnt get it. and i was worried and they were worried that if i didnt get the pool ...