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Added cars. they used liquor as accelerants. lit on fire. >> lee land our crew is also on scene. have been attacked on scene. rick is on the line. are you okay? >> yes. we're all fine shep. we're at fulton street north avenue. there are cars on fire. and a line of police in riot gear. there are people on the street very upset at our being there. we got harassed by people. people started following us and yelling at us and throwing bottles at us from in front of their homes. large bottles crashing at our feet. it got hairy. police were focused on north avenue and not on what's happening on fulto...

Screaming at police officers? >> this guy claims he was beaten by police and has been a victim of police a lot of folks here claim the same thing. they say they've been victims of police violence or know people who have been victims of police violence. residents we've talked to say they don't think this type of violence and call it protesting if you want or rioting is going to solve anything. and they think their voices are not going to be heard. folks tell us they want answers to freddie gray and you say how this is -- you talk to them -- >> look at the fire. the live aerials we're watching i...

To 1200 degrees fahrenheit, it's got enough energy to ignite everything below it. every exposed surface catches on fire. >> the aftermath of a fire like this will often leave behind irregular burn patterns on the floor of a structure, much like the ones investigators found in the willis fire. >> you will find patterns in the room that look like you would imagine a floor and lower walls would look if they had been exposed to the fire from a liquid accelerant such as gasoline which had been poured. >> this phenomenon is known as flashover. it is called flashover because the fire gets so hot that...

An accident saying "there is not a single item of physical evidence in this case which supports a finding of arson." >> the willis case is based solely on old wives' tales that have been long disproved and that should be known by everybody in the industry. an amateur could have taken this case who had in his mind a one-page list of old wives' tales, could have taken a checklist on the willis fire and said, no, that's caused by flashover, no, that's caused by flashover. accelerants can't do that, and you wind up with nothing. >> there's one last thing. what about willis' so-called remorseless b...

>> the officer, he says that i smell like smoke, i have ash on my shoes. of course i don't. if i had, i would been arrested for homicide already because they would have had some evidence. they shaved my arms for some reason and cotton swabs of my ears and nose, i guess looking for smoke. they took fingernail scrapings of my fingers, looking through my apartment for accelerants, which i don't have any. >> while the investigation did lead to their current charges, seven months after their arrest, neither of the ochoas have been formally charged with murder or arson. >> i have to believe, i have ...