than 350 homes and businesses. a firefighter gets up close and personal with an explosion and shows it who's boss. august 19th, 2011. in los angeles, california, a parked car bursts into flames. a resident captures the action with his cell phone camera. >> this is your typical car fire that firefighters respond to all the time. >> you can see the firefighter bleeding his line and starting to make an approach to the vehicle, attacking the fire. >> without warning, an explosion rocks the vehicle, inches from the firefighter's face, but it hardly seems to faze him. >> rather than this guy run for the hills and say enough of this. you don't pay me enough for this, no, this guy stays right on task. >> within seconds, the