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The vehicle. >> what i see is the kids, you know, with the car burning. i was panicking. i was shaking. for the whole, you know, commotion that was happening. but just when i think i'm going to lose them, i was feeling numb, but i got out and run 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, firefighters suffer severe burns and four civilians lost their lives. >> i do think it is a miracle that we survived. it is the scariest thing in my life. and always will be. nothing can top th...

Middletown, california, a normally quiet community of 1300 residents, about 70 miles north of san francisco. that all changed on september 12, 2015, after months of unusually dry heat an enormous wildfire erupts, sending 200-foot high flames racing toward the town. >> the trees and topography and the type of material that was burned had not burned in many, many years which contributed to the fast rate of flame. >> get in the car! >> 16-year-old eric marx was watching the inferno from his grandmother's house in middletown when suddenly -- >> i saw the fire jump the road. so i told everybody, le...

Actually overcome by smoke and fire. >> making a run for it is not much better. >> you should not flee on foot. you much likely would be safer in a structure that would protect you for a matter of moments. rather than being in the direct line of a fire. that fire front will move over you very rapidly, and you have a better chance of survivability by putting yourself in a structure. >> the correct answer is b, but if no structure is available the next option. >> find an open area with low fuel, that has dirt around it, that does not have something that will burn. you want stay away from trees, ...

Under high heat, b, keep the windows closed, or c, open the windows slightly, then cover them with any materials available? >> you really shouldn't cover any, any vehicle with window covering, 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 stay encapsulated in that vehicle as best you can. it's imperative to make sure your windows ...