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Lumber and electrical panels and sheet rock and insulation, tools and supplies. and the stores in this region in long island, in new york city and in new jersey are hiring 500 new workers because of the increase in business. listen. >> this has been very devastating to the areas around us with the amount of homes that were impacted from it that theres a lot of restoration work that has to be done immediately, so so theyre not waiting for the spring. theyre doing it now. >> reporter: home depot s...

Second. >> out of nowhere this third house that seemingly has nothing to do with the first two fires explodes. clarks investigation reveals the explosion is caused by a back draft. >> so within a split second the door slammed and the window on the second floor started to blow out of the frame. glass and debris is flying across the street. followed by a big flame. >> no firefighters or residents are injured. once the fires are out, investigator clark works begin. he discovered the back draft was ...

Flame, a lot of smoke. the porch was on fire, but it never extended into the dwelling. >> onlookers scream for the residents to wait to for the fire department, but they make a split second decision to jump. the man goes first. come on. >> he lands without major injury. seconds later, the woman tumbles out. >> oh! [ screaming ] >> shes not as lucky. she is taken to the hospital where shes treated for broken bones. its critical to be prepared. have a plan. where you have a means of egress where y...

>> the call was very, very close. i mean, split second anywhere and she would have, you know, succeeded in what she was trying to do. >> tina has written a book called "why i jumped" to help others struggling with depression and she speaks publicly about her ordeal. >> i wasnt even thinking of my children. i just was thinking theres no hope. >> what began on a desperate morning has grown into a supportive friendship for tina and the officers at the bridge. >> ive got to meet her children, her hu...

It was breaking at 11:00. two people had to jump to safety to make it out of the burning home alive. >> the detroit firefighter michael joyner is one of the first responders at the scene. >> we got a call to a dwelling fire. it was on helen street. which is on the east side of detroit. it appeared someone fire bombed the structure. >> from the outside it looks like the fire is raging out of control. its actually contained to the front of the house. but the two clearly terrified residents, a man ...

>> so within a split second the door slammed and the window on the second floor started to blow out of the frame. glass and debris is flying across the street. followed by a big flame. >> no firefighters or residents are injured. once the fires are out, investigator clark works begin. he discovered the back draft was caused by a growing criminal enterprise. copper wire theft. >> what we do know about these properties at the time of the fire is electricity was supplied to the houses by overhead. ...

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Explodes. clarks investigation reveals the explosion is caused by a back draft. >> so within a split second the door slammed and the window on the second floor started to blow out of the frame. glass and debris is flying across the street. followed by a big flame. >> no firefighters or residents are injured. once the fires are out, investigator clark works begin. he discovered the back draft was caused by a growing criminal enterprise. copper wire theft. >> what we do know about these properties...

Dwelling. >> onlookers scream for the residents to wait to for the fire department, but they make a split second decision to jump. the man goes first. come on. >> he lands without major injury. seconds later, the woman tumbles out. >> oh! [ screaming ] >> shes not as lucky. she is taken to the hospital where shes treated for broken bones. # its critical to be prepared. have a plan. you dont know theyre out. dont wait until youre in the situation to navigate it. across the atlantic, the firefight...

Interested nit and started filming them and taking pictures of them. >> on the day of the collision, father and son head to one of their favorite spots to train watch. a railroad crossing by a recycling transfer station. while dad waits in the car, the young train buff walks to the other side of the tracks and starts recording a tractor-trailer that stops right in the middle of the crossing. as the gates start to close, he quickly realizes he, too, is in danger. he makes a split second decision ...