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Police officers have seconds to react as a raging fire engulfs a car and its driver. >> i think there might be. >> i could see the flames and how they are burning inside the car. we don't have a lot of time. we've got to move fast. >> december 27th, 2007, ames, iowa. lieutenant jeff brinkley is on duty when 911 calls start ringing off the hook. >> 911, what is your emergency? >> there's a car on fire. >> 911. >> a car just crashed across the street, blew up. there's fire coming out of it. >> it just exploded. oh, my god, if there's somebody in that car. >> brinkley heads toward the blaze. >> m...

Based on the information we had that somebody was still in the car. so i stepped it up a little bit to try to get there. >> brinkley turns into the mall parking lot and sees flames engulfing the vehicle. >> when i arrived, the fire was over the whole back half of the vehicle. i knew there wasn't much time left if there was somebody in there just because the car was roaring. >> as brinkley arrives, he gets a request on the radio. >> need your camera on the car if i can get some video of the car burning before the fire department gets there. >> one of our arson investigatored said, hey, can you ...

>> i think there might be. >> i could see the flames and how they are burning inside the car. we don't have a lot of time. we've got to move fast. >> december 27th, 2007, ames, iowa. lieutenant jeff brinkley is on duty when 911 calls start ringing off the hook. >> 911, what is your emergency? >> there's a car on fire. >> 911. >> a car just crashed across the street, blew up. there's fire coming out of it. >> it just exploded. oh, my god, if there's somebody in that car. >> brinkley heads toward the blaze. >> my caller is stating the vehicle was moving when it caught on fire. >> i was concerned...

you're going to look at show the massive damage in the small town of harveyville, kansas. that's destroyed homes and trees uprooted and power lines down as well. take a look at this. a twister captured on film by a storm chaser in kansas in missouri where two people died. joining me now is wendell edwards. he's live from branson, missouri. set the scene for us. how bad is the damage? >> reporter: you know, randi, it's pretty bad. take a look at what is going on. this is a vitamin and health food store. people are just now assessing the damage and trying to clean up and see what is le...

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