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Waiting for the fourth one to go off, because each one, it felt like it was coming from underneath the floor. then i was thinking, gee, it keeps getting closer and closer. maybe if its the next one, maybe ill just be injured. so then i started thinking, well, if i had to get injured, what part of my body could i afford to lose and not miss. >> two members of his security detail are injured, but karl and his crew eventually make it back to the green zone. >> the thing about it is, i didnt really ...

>> weve got heavy smoke coming from the entire building. >> the fire department knows its in for a long night, but it has no idea that a massive explosion is developing. >> anytime you get a fire, a potential fire, at a magnesium plant, that causes a lot more concern because you know thats going to be a tough situation to deal with. >> firefighters cant use water to put out the flames because magnesium is a highly flammable metal. it burns so hot, more than 4,000 degrees fahrenheit, that it reac...

>> 4:49 p.m., fire is reported on the second floor. it spreads quickly. the elevator shaftway ventilated at the top acts as an enormous chimney. it draws the fire upwards, engulfing the bottom and top floors in flames. some run to the roof to avoid the fire. hundreds of others are trapped on lower floors. in only ten minutes, the fire is upgraded to three alarms. but some fire trucks cant even get to the scene. precious minutes wasted as desperate bystanders, police and firemen struggle to clear...

I said, i -- i was just angry, and i was just incredulous, so to speak. and the tree that we were underneath was on fire. >> but the attack isnt over. and the biggest explosion is yet to come. manning a machine gun at the checkpoint is specialist darrell green. >> at that time, they -- the cement mixer was trying to come through our perimeter. >> a huge cement mixer filled with explosives tries to sneak through the breach made by the first blast and drive up to the hotels. >> their main goal wit...

Matts camera. >> it shot out one of my filters in my camera. and then everything after i shot that video, it was all red. >> larry fisher is one of several firefighters injured in the blast. >> i was bleeding all down my face. i looked all bloody. of course, my helmet was off my head. but i thought -- my initial thought was that i was burned. >> fortunately, no employees are inside the foundry when the fire erupts. the fire department believes its nothing short of a miracle that no one is killed...

>> but hes scared to death. >> quite frankly, i was just waiting for the fourth one to go off, because each one, it felt like it was coming from underneath the floor. then i was thinking, gee, it keeps getting closer and closer. maybe if its the next one, maybe ill just be injured. so then i started thinking, well, if i had to get injured, what part of my body could i afford to lose and not miss. >> two members of his security detail are injured, but carl and his crew eventually make it back to ...

From underneath the floorboards. i said to myself, i cant believe were about to die. i said, i -- i was just angry, and i was just incredulous, so to speak. and the tree that we were underneath was on fire. >> but the attack isnt over. and the biggest explosion is yet to come. manning a machine gun at the checkpoint is specialist darrell green. >> at that time, they -- the cement mixer was trying to come through our perimeter. >> a huge cement mixer filled with explosives tries to sneak through ...

>> 4:49 p.m., fire is reported on the second floor. spreads quickly. elevator shaftway, ventilated at the top, acts as an enormous chimney. it draws the fire upwards, engulfing the bottom and top floors in flames. some run to the roof to avoid the fire, hundreds of others are trapped on lower floors. in only ten minutes, the fire is upgraded to three alarms. but some fire trucks cant even get to the scene. precious minutes wasted as desperate bystanders, police and firemen struggle to clear thos...

It definitely sounded like maybe a car had crashed through the building next door. >> the explosion ignites a huge fire at the foundry. >> theres this huge billowing black cloud of smoke. it was just amazing. >> we knew it was going to be a very big fire. it was a huge column of smoke, huge. >> we have flames shooting over the roof. weve got a report from the plant personnel that their propane tank has gone up. >> several bystanders and nearby residents begin filming the flames. >> it was pretty...

We were dead right there. 200 feet away. >> the noise from the pressure building inside the tanker is deafening. >> there was the hissing of the fire, just kind of started building and building and building. >> firefighters back away from the flaming tanker. >> all units evacuate to at least 10,000 feet. 10,000 feet evacuation for engine two. imminent explosion. >> we got about 200 feet of it out, and unbelievably, it got louder. it got so loud. >> before firefighters were able to get to a safe ...