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Probably started the fire accidentally. paul said he was asleep upstairs when he heard his father calling him. >> paul! paul! >> he said there was a small fire on the sofa, which his mother was trying to put out. he ran to the kitchen, got a pitcher of water and threw it on the sofa, but it made the fire worse. he told his parents to go out the back door. he called 911. then he went out the front door to his car. >> he was in his underwear, i believe, at the time. had his car parked out in front and had a gym bag in his car, and he felt he could get some shorts or clothes to put on. >> what do...

Where we said, here's the final piece of the puzzle. if this is leaded gasoline, it all makes sense, and it makes sense it would be there and why. >> forensic tests also revealed how the fire started. a cigarette dropped onto a polyurethane sofa will simply smolder. but when a match is dropped on the same material, it's almost like an explosion. and tests revealed that another aspect of paul's story was correct. that when he poured water on the fire, it got worse. >> the average person wouldn't know that polyurethane melts and then when you throw water on it, it actually flares up like a greas...

Spread up the stairs to the second floor. and three minutes after ignition, the living room would reach flashover, blowing out the window. >> the entire room becomes engulfed in flames because there's so much burning and so much hot gas that it's completely uninhabitable. >> but the police witnessed the window breaking five or six minutes after paul called the fire department. to roby, this meant that gasoline couldn't have been used to start the fire. >> he would have had a tough time actually getting to the front door without being engulfed in flames. that's one of the things our model showe...

I'm saying that, unfortunately, they had gut feelings and years of practical experience that led them to conclude this had to be an arson fire. so they let common perceptions outweigh logic and science. and luckily, logic and science prevailed in this case. >> paul spent ten months in jail facing a possible death sentence for a crime that never happened. >> there are days i can't bear to look at pictures of my mother and father. because i -- i just remember the fire. >> he spent ten months in jail. that was liberty that was taken away from him that he'll never get back. it was a time that he s...

Anyone they could. hundreds even thousands were saved by people who went in while the gunshots were ringing out to try and rescue people trapped inside that mall. amazing tales of bravery. natalie, back to you. >> we'll wait and see next hour how many people have come to the mall on this opening day as it reopens. thank you, live in nairobi. drivers on a major california highway had to run from their cars when a wildfire jumped the freeway. coming up see how people are trying now to save their homes. people in greece -- are worried about -- an arson fire that could be arson, and also a for...