Vapor Cloud Explosion News Today

4:00 in the morning. it quickly spreads into a seemingly bottomless pit of flames, and exploding cylinders of propane. >> when we got to the scene, we actually had small cylinders that were exploding and rocketing several hundred feet in the air. >> in the predawn darkness, huge you clouds of propane flare up like -- dark smoke billows from the uncontrollable blaze. canisters shoot up like rockets. >> most of them were the smaller cylinders. they are commonly called a 33-pound cylinder. this sit...

Burned. >> fortunately, the train explodes just outside of town and no one is injured by the blast. >> another mile down the road, it had been right here in the middle of our town. it could have been a really messy deal. >> after the explosion, the fire eventually burns itself out. >> all 26 years of flying and all the news that ive covered, it will be one of the things that will stick in my mind just from the fact it was such a large ball of fire and it came so high. >> oh, it just blew up. my ...

>> we even had the entire drywall ceilings completely flattened, knocked out of the ceiling of a house and flat down on the floor or over the beds and this type of thing in the adjacent area. >> but an even bigger explosion is brewing. there are several huge tanker trucks at the facility, each filled with as much as 30,000 gallons of propane. soon after the fire starts, one of the tanks explodes. >> look at that! look at the fire! holy [ bleep ]! >> oh, my god. >> the explosion is caught on came...

Boilover from happening by making sure the water sprayed on the tank drains out the bottom. this time, they miscalculate. >> what do you think caused that explosion? >> just water inside the tank boiled over. crude boilover. >> despite the chaos, davids instincts kick in. he keeps taping as he runs away from the intense heat and flames.

>> for a split second i thought this is it. how i had the presence of mind >> more than 30 people are burned by the blast, including david, who radios for help. >> this thing blew up. were going to have burn victims. >> i had blisters the size of oranges on my arm and it was pretty painful and needed to be treated. i was out of work for like three months until i recovered. >> firefighters who thought the fire was under control suffer some of the worst injuries. >> the ones that were resting, too...

>> i thought i saw three people die. i really did think i saw three people die. >> incredibly, moments later, the sheriff is back on his feet. then he sees rosland emerge from the burning vehicle. >> he was totally engulfed in flames. >> rosland falls to the ground when a second bomb in the back seat of the car explodes. rescue workers spring into action and transport the victims to the hospital. the fire department works to bring the inferno under control. >> we were getting sprayed with glass ...

Dark smoke billows from the uncontrollable blaze. cannisters shoot up like rockets. >> most of them were the smaller cylinders. they are commonly called a 33-pound cylinder. this site had hundreds and hundreds of those on site and thats what was rocketing up in the air. my biggest concern was where was the staff, because we couldnt see them coming down. >> the fire began at a 24 hour propane supply business. >> there was an accident and it ni se was a f vapor cloud explosion. there was a tremend...

Injuries. >> i dont know how we survived it. that convinced me that there was somebody up there that wanted me to stay here a little bit longer. >> terry rosland has burns over 70% of his body, but he, too, survives. >> i did not have any idea that he actually survived that explosion. after seeing that, i was -- there was no way that anybody could live through that. but he did. >> rosland takes his own life before his trial begins. >> it was unfortunate, i wish that we could have done more for h...

Clouds of propane flare up like explosions from hell. dark smoke billows from the uncontrollable blaze. cannisters shoot up like rockets. >> most of them were the smaller cylinders. they are commonly called a 33-pound cylinder. this site had hundreds and hundreds of those on site and thats what was rocketing up in the air. my biggest concern was where was the staff, because we couldnt see them coming down. >> the fire began at a 24 hour propane supply business. >> there was an accident and it re...

Dark smoke billows from the uncontrollable blaze. cannisters shoot up like rockets. >> most of them were the smaller slnders. they are commonly called a 33-pound cylinder. this site had hundreds of those on site. thats what was rocketing up in the air. my biggest concern is where was the staff? because we couldnt see them coming down. >> the fire begins during a delivery at a 24-hour propane supply business. >> there was an accident that released a large amount of propane. so that cloud found an...