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Of flame and smoke and thinking, oh, my god, theres no way somebodys going to live through that. >> dude, dude, dude, back up. i think that trucks going to start catching fire. >> in the back of my mind, im trying to figure out whats the best thing that we can do for the viewer to make them understand what we have just captured. >> it turns out johnson isnt the only tv person on scene. >> its a news unit that he hit. >> the tractor trailer slams into an suv from another tv station parked on the ...

Ignite. a massive fireball launches into the air. the enormous blast consumes an entire city block and is felt for miles. thick smoke consumes the entire sky. dozens of vehicles are scorched by the inferno, and several nearby buildings are set on fire. police report 30 people, 8 of them firefighters, are injured during the disaster. incredibly, there are no fatalities. coming up -- a gas station blows sky-high. an 18-wheeler crashes and burns. and a freight train releases a vapor cloud that ig...

Would blow it into the power line. >> caleb skurtle lives across the street and starts recording the unusual event on his cell phone as his neighbors begin to gather and watch. >> hell loy [ muted ]! >> at that point, like we had already called the fire department. it seemed like most people were just kind of standing around, eyes to the sky. >> this is amazing. >> this is ridiculous. >> powerful jolts of electricity pulse through the tree, down to the ground, over and over again. >> i think it ...

Oil off the top of the water and dumps it into two holding tanks on the east end of the facility. >> the video shows the super-heated glob of oil funnel from the gun barrel into the holding tank where it ignites the raw crude inside. seconds later, the flare erupts. then the tank blows up. >> it went up over our heads. im going to say every bit of 200 feet high. and i could still see the tank today with fire coming out of the bottom of it as its spinning going through the air. it landed about 75...

It takes 200 firefighters two full days to bring the massive fire under control. fortunately, none of the 50 employees of the chemical facility or any firefighters are injured. 209, you might want to back your unit up. >> a train carrying propylene, a highly flammable petrochemical used in manufacturing, blows up in texarcana, arkansas, early in the morning october 15, 2005. a police cars dashboard camera captures the massive explosion. with no time to turn around, the officer throws his car i...

Like that, its very difficult to extinguish. >> freelance cameraman andrew tolosky arrives and begins recording the raging inferno. >> by the time i got to the scene, i had figured out that this was not an ordinary fire by any means. >> the massive blaze has much more in store for firefighters. suddenly, theres a huge explosion. its one of several andrew captures. >> i have never seen anything like that before. it was unreal. the fireballs were huge. they didnt make much sound, but they were hot...

Thick, acrid smoke fills the mile-long tunnel as everyone inside runs for their lives. where theres smoke, theres fire. seconds later, the truck explodes. more than 100 firefighters respond to the disaster, but theres little they can do besides let the fire burn itself out. missile parts litter the road. officials say the explosion is actually caused by the trucks gas tank rupturing, not the solid rocket fuel which burns up in the fire. fortunately, everyone inside the tunnel is able to make it ...

>> nichols sets up his camera at what he thinks is a safe distance until he realizes the utility workers are not actually sure where the leaking gas is coming from. >> there was a hesitation from everyone, just an unknowingness of what was happening, of where this gas was coming from. am i in a safe area? >> despite his uneasiness, nichols stays where he is and goes to work. >> i had a close-up shot of the two gentlemen walking out of the building, and, all of a sudden, you see this flash of lig...

Control, chief fred burrows begins an on-scene interview with andrew about the fire. >> we had portions of the building collapse. >> chief burrows thinks the explosions have stopped, but right in the middle of the interview the fire unleashes its biggest blast of the night. >> any injuries or -- >> not at this time. that was a bit warm. >> honestly, i thought we had pretty much ran out of material to burn at that point, but apparently there was a couple waiting for us. >> the explosion, caused b...

>> holy [ muted ]! lets get the [ muted ] out of here. >> before the blast, simpson is about 40 feet from the huge cloud of fire. it seemed like a safe distance. now hes not so sure. >> when the explosion happened and i felt the heat and i decided to back away and put cars and a wall between me and the fire. >> just hide behind. well be all right. >> firefighters are dangerously close to the explosion, but somehow they survive. >> the firefighters that were literally ten feet away from the truck...