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Was on duty and dressed in plain clothes and driving an unmarked car. the officer stopped to investigate what he thought was an abandoned car on the exit ramp when police say the officer was suddenly confronted by an armed subject. so he discharged his firearm, killing jones. police say a handgun was recovered at the scene they say jones bought it three days before the confrontation. we still dont know if that handgun was fired during the shooting. the officer involved in this shooting joined th...

Responders arrive, theyre face-to-face with a 50-foot-high fireball that has engulfed the bridge. >> basically the whole underside of interstate 40, the bridge and things was covered up with flames. in my 30-year career ive had now, ive never seen anything of that magnitude of flames. >> large flames could be seen from miles away. flame length 68 feet. and a large area around the bridge. extreme heat. totally unsafe area. and volatile. >> some kind of chemical is burning down there, and you can ...

Interstate 40 is jammed with travelers racing to get an early start on the summer weekend. but many drivers dont realize these snake-like curves near connolly springs, north carolina, can be difficult to navigate. even deadly. fire and rescue crews race to the scene of a tanker truck that has spun out of control and slammed into a bridge. as they get closer and closer, a thick billowing cloud of black smoke looms ominously on the horizon. >> weve had a lot of wrecks, single vehicle including tra...

Highway 70 as an alternate route. >> a few minutes after the collapse, the remaining gasoline burns off and the flames begin to diminish. once the blaze is under control, firefighters can assess the damage in terms of material and lives. >> there was only one fatality which was the driver of the gas tanker that lost his life. i thought there would be worse. that time of day on the interstate, 12:30 on a friday afternoon, july, vacation to the mountains, i figured there would be three or four car...

>> outside the city, a man is speeding east in a stolen school bus, straight to the city line. >> the bus is stolen from this albuquerque bus yard. the suspect drives 80 miles west on i-40 to the city of grant. before turning around and heading back to albuquerque. >> now state, city and county law enforcement are in hot pursuit. they turn him to stop the empty bus before it reaches the rush hour. >> the plan, stop the vehicle with spike belts, also known as stop sticks, strips of metal barbs de...

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Holiday weekend fireworks. even those purchased legally can spark a wildfire if not monitored. cal fire crews are bringing on additional staffing just in case. reena and ryan. >> thank you so much, brandi. its going to be a sweltering holiday weekend in the fire zone in the west. >> and in the southeast, it might be too rainy for fireworks. heres justin povick at accuweather. hey, justin. good morning. >> reena and ryan thanks and good morning. a very stormy situation once again unfolding thro...

He turbo clean. 6x the cleaning power in ½ the time time is running out for police, desperate to stop a stolen school bus on a collision course with rush hour traffic. >> were getting into the city. this guy is not stopping. albuquerq albuquerque, new mexico, just after dawn on friday, march 9th, 2012. police dash cameras roll as state troopers race to interstate 40. >> one tire is blown at this time. 65 miles per hour.

>> outside the city, a man is speeding east in a stolen school bus straight toward the city line. the bus is stolen from this albuquerque bus yard. the suspect drives 80 miles west on i-40 to the city of grant. before turning around and heading back to albuquerque. >> negative. just the driver. >> as for now, just one male driver. thats all we have. now state, city and county law enforcement are in hot pursuit. determined to stop the empty bus before it reaches albuquerques morning rush hour. th...

Fireball that has engulfed the bridge. >> basically the whole underside of interstate 40, the bridge and things was covered up with flames. in my 30-year career ive had now, ive never seen anything of that magnitude of flames. ? >> large flames could be seen from miles away. probably initially flame length, 60, 80 feet. and a large area around the bridge. extreme heat. totally unsafe area. and volatile. >> some kind of chemical is burning down there, and you can smell it up here in the helicopte...