falling into a park below. nearly 100 firefighters raced to the scene, as flames raced to engulf cars loaded with lumber, grain and other products. the fire is traveling north along the train bridge, which is making it extraordinarily difficult for our firefighters to fight. reporter: union pacific says tanker cars that fell off the bridge contain a hazardous and highly flammable chemical. the fire department says one tanker is leaking and is using heavy equipment to pull the car upright, stop the leak and prevent another fire. as flames raged, a light rail passenger train on a nearby bridge slowly pushed its way through the smoke. valley metro rail telling us it was safer for this final train to pass through than stop on the bridge. federal investigators now working to figure out why the derailment happened. and david, firefighters tell us that the chemical leaking from that tanker ignites very easily, which is what makes this such a delicate cleanup operation. they say it could l
driver checklist and start to get out of the car. although mike turns the engine off, fuel drips in to the car. i saw the fuel dripping out of the carburetor and i thought if i can get my belts off, i will flip it. it s probably going to start on fire. because he s on his side mike has trouble removing his seat belt. fuel continues to leak, threatening to ignite at any moment. the pit crew rushes to help him. they started asking are you all right. i kept telling them, i m fine but i m stuck in my seat belt. can you sustain the car so i can release it? as the crew heaves the car upright, it bursts into flames. the camera continues recording while the fire spreads. i was trapped. it crossed my mind i had died. when the fire started, i was actually really afraid. i didn t want to lose him that day.
hurt. just an everyday accident. even though it was my first time going on my side, it was all right, go through the driver checklist and start getting out of the car. although mike turns the engine off, fuel drips in to the car. i saw the fuel dripping out of the carburetor and i figure if i can get my belts off, i will flip it. because he s on his side, mike has trouble removing his seatbelt. fuel continues to leak, threatening to ignite at any moment. the pit crew rushes to help him. they started asking are you all right. i kept telling them, yeah, i m fine, but i m stuck in my seatbelt. can you stand the car so i can release it? as the crew heaves the car upright, it bursts in to flames. the camera continues recording while the fire spreads. i was trapped. it crossed my mind i had died. when the fire started, i was
the impact didn t really hurt. just an everyday accident. even though it was my first time going on my side, it was all right, go through the driver checklist and start to get out of the car. although mike turns the engine off, fuel drips into the car. i saw the fuel dripping out of the carburetor and i thought if i can get my belts off, i will flip it. then i ll upright it because it s probably going to start on fire. because he s on his side mike has trouble removing his seat belt. fuel continues to leak, threatening to ignite at any moment. the pit crew rushes to help him. they started asking are you all right? i kept telling them, i m fine but i m stuck in my seat belt. can you just stand the car up so i can release it? as the crew heaves the car upright, it bursts into flames. the camera continues recording while the fire spreads. i was trapped. it crossed my mind i had died.
story that is giving everyone a reason to pause. including all of us. 18 month old lily was hanging upside down in her car seat all night long before someone finally spotted her mother s crashed car. it had been flipped over in an icy river. as rescuers were rushing down there, four police officers say they heard the same thing. we heard a voice, we heard someone say help me, help me now. that type of stuff. those rescuers say the calls for help made them work even harder to get that car upright. something was there. that pushed us harder. when we heard that voice, to us it was somebody is alive in that car, let s get in there and get them out. rescuers were shocked when they found only that toddler alive inside the car. they say the voice that they heard was too mature to be the young girl s. when we all talked together, i said was i the only one that was hearing this thinking i was