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Them with any materials available? >> you shouldn't cover any vehicle with window coverings due to the fact that those are combustible materials and those materials itself will start to catch fire just based on the radiated heat. >> and rolling down your windows will only let the elements in faster. so if you chose b, you made the correct decision. keep those windows closed. >> what you want to do is try to stay encapsulated inside that vehicle as best as you possibly can. it's imperative that you ensure the windows are fully closed and visibility is maintained. it's going to be difficult to s...

♪ >> get in the car! >> 16-year-old eric marks is watching the inferno from his grandmother's house in middletown -- >> go! >> when suddenly the massive inferno is blocking all exits. >> oh, god. >> so what would you do? you're fleeing a burning town when you suddenly find your exit blocked by flames. should you, a, ditch the car and flee on foot, b, drive around and find a structure to hide inside or c, step on the gas and power through? with the flames rising, you may be tempted to step on it. >> a running vehicle itself when it becomes overcome by a large amount of smoke will eventually s...

The vehicle. >> what i see is the kids, you know, with the car burning, i was shaking with the whole commotion happening. just thinking i would lose them but i got out and ran to them. >> eric and his extended family make it out but his grandmother's house is totally destroyed along with 60% of middletown's other homes. in the end, four firefighters suffered severe burns and four civilians lost their lives. >> it will be the sayreiest thing in my life. it always will be. nothing can top that. >> to avoid finding yourself in such a dire scenario, it's critical to always listen for evacuation or...

>> what i see is the kids, you know, with the car burning. i was panicking. i was shaking for the whole commotion that was happening, but just to think that i'm going to lose them i was feeling numb, but i got out and ran to them. >> eric and his extended family make it out, but his grandmother's house is totally destroyed along with 60% of middletown's other homes. in the end, several firefighters suffered severe burns and four civilians lost their lives. >> i do think it's a miracle that we survived. it was the scariest thing of my life, and it always will be. nothing can top that. >> to avo...

From all sides, eric's relatives take off in other vehicles while he jumps in the car with his brother. but they run straight into a wall of flames. >> what the [ bleep ]! >> go, go. >> it's fire on the highway and you're in the hot seat. later, how would you fare during an attack by an armed spruder? >> it looked like for some reason this is going to be the day that i die. ♪ my hero zero. ♪