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The steady nerves of an l.a. fireman. they were getting so close to the car. it was something dangerous for sure. august 19th, 2011. a parked car bursts into flames on a los angeles street, and firefighters quickly respond to the call. john arsan chillak sees it and films the scene below. i was on the balcony. i was shooting it to show how firefighters were extinguishing the fire. i thought it might be some interesting memory for me. thick black smoke and flames pour out of the car as a firefighter grabs a hose and approaches the burning vehicle. he begins to douse the flames and get the fire under control. but what appears to be a routine job takes a sudden and potentially deadly turn. the front of the car explodes mere inches away from the fireman s head. ....
Beneath him. the shockwave is so powerful, it registers as a magnitude 2.0 earthquake. this went all night long. the poor people of this town were terrified. finally the fireworks show that nobody wanted comes to an end. the disaster kills one firefighter and destroys more than 350 homes and businesses. a firefighter gets up close and personal with an explosion and shows it whose 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 him bleeding his line and starting to make an approach to the vehicle, ....
A firefighter gets up close and personal with an explosion and shows it whose 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 him 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 phase him. rather than this guy run to the hills and say enough of this. you don t pay me enough for t s this, no, this guy stays right on task. within seconds, the firefighter gets the blaze under control. we have a saying in the fire ....
A routine car fire exposes the steady nerves of an l.a. fireman. they were getting so close to the car. it was something dangerous for sure. august 19th, 2011. a parked car bursts into flames on a los angeles street, and firefighters quickly respond to the call. john hears the commotion outside his apartment and films the action on the street below. i went out to balcony to see what happened. i was shooting it to show how firefighters were extinguishing the fire. i thought it might be some interesting memory for me. thick black smoke and flames pour out of the car as a firefighter grabs a hose and approaches the burning vehicle. he begins to douse the flames and get the fire under control. but what appears to be a routine job takes a sudden and potentially deadly turn. ....
A routine car fire exposes the steady nerves of an l.a. fireman. they were getting so close to the car. it was something dangerous for sure. august 19th, 2011. a parked car bursts into flames on a los angeles street, and firefighters quickly respond to the call. john sees it and films the scene below. i was on the balcony. i was shooting it to show how firefighters were extinguishing the fire. i thought it might be some interesting memory for me. thick black smoke and flames pour out of the car as a firefighter grabs a hose and approaches the burning vehicle. he begins to douse the flames and get the fire under control. but what appears to be a routine job takes a sudden and potentially deadly turn. the front of the car explodes ....