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Have been engulfed in flames. >> you see the glass coming down and obviously right as he's rescued there within seconds an entire floor of that building utterly collapses. >> yes. >> my question, karen, how were you able to stay so calm sunny must say your hand is incredibly stead steady. >> i wasn't as calm as i appeared to be, i think. but i really wanted to be able to capture this moment so that however i could get it out to the public for them to see. because i don't know that very many people saw him on the ledge there. because there was two -- of course two sides to the building. they we...

But it kind of allows us to fight the fire on our terms. so if we do have a fire that's burning toward homes or a road and we want to kind of stop that from coming down real quick, we can burn out that fuel and create a dispensable space and kind of eliminate the problem. again, it's kind of fighting fire on our terms. >> thank you so much for taking time out. probably the statistic that the firefighters here in ventura county are most proud of and the statistic the homeowners are so grateful for, they did not have any houses burn down. yes, 15 houses were damaged or scorched, but they didn't ...

Reporters and even standing out there, this line of storms coming through can potentially be dangerous. what we're going to see as we track if this for you. keep in mind we are talking central times. as that line of storm makes its way over towards the east, very close to 6:20 even sooner than that. as we go throughout the day, the winds are going to be the big factor. the winds are going to be gusting at times up to about 35 miles per hour throughout the afternoon. imagine then if you were the firefighters out there trying to contain this fire. this is going to potentially move the direction ...

Hour we start to get a better scene of what is happening on the ground. >> so we're going to have two layers s of affect here. what it does in terms of the fire, the moisture and wind, and also, very tough on those first responders to deal with dropping temperatures and all the weather. >> a very fluid situation happening overnight, affecting down in west, texas, right now. so much else going on in the country including here in boston. the aftermath of the terror attack. what has the president been told to this point, how is the white house responding. let's go to brianna keilar right now at t...

>> reporter: right now is god the only thing that can help you guys? >> yeah. we've got help. you there's an east texas ambulance, limestone, there's a whitney ambulance here. we've got everybody around helping us, but it's a true disaster situation. >> reporter: what are your prayers for today and tomorrow and the next few weeks? >> that we get as many saved as we can. and get them to hospitals where they can get appropriate care. i believe we have a total of six hell koermen helicopters on the way. there's one right there. >> reporter: you look like you're in so much pain. can you even feel ...