Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20130702:10:02:00
Members of the granite mountain hot shots. they're called hot shots because they're trained to go to the hottest part of the fire. that's what they did sunday afternoon when flames 20 feet high driven by gale-force wind encircled them in an area as dry as a tinderbox. >> it is explosive. and it is a killer. dangerous. >> as the wall of fire came toward them, the squad deployed their shelters as a last-ditch effort. but the little tents can only protect against flames up to 500 degrees. the inferno was more powerful. reinforcements arrived monday to try to bring the lightning struck wildfire un...