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Those fires grow, drawing the main body that the fire hit to them, causing those fires to increase in speed dramatically. last night over the course of the night, due to better mapping, the size of the car fire is over 80,000 acres. >> oh my goodness. there have been evacuations but talk to me about the on-going threat, the on-going plans to put people on stand by or to evacuate new areas. >> the fire pretty much dictates the direction we're going in. this case right now, by that i mean the direction of the fire in relation to evacuations. the other night the fire, one of the first nights of t...

Knew there was a fire and he wanted to see it. but he didn't know it was his dad until he saw the car. >> how long did it take first responders to get there. i'm curious. it sound like they might have been in the area? >> they have a fire department probably within two minutes drive from there. >> okay. >> and by the time -- by the time the car accident happened and the fire hit, the response i think the response time was about four minutes. >> but at that point there was nothing more they could do. >> nothing more they could do. i heard an explosion before the car hit the light pole. and when...

Rebuild the blocks danieled touring the boardwalk yesterday. saying the government grants or loans could be made available to cover damages not covered by insurance. listen to david, the owner of jimmy's breakfast. his business is across the street from where the fire hit. >> it's the worst feeling, because we are standing here with my friends watching the buildings destroyed. and we all pulled through with sandy. we got it up and got it done. hopeing for a good future. to sit back like this is heartbreaking. >> less than 48 hours after the blaze, investigators say it's still too soon to know ...

Goes out of control, slamming into alex and taking out the gas pump. he is knocked face-first into the ground, the 500-pound pump crashing down on top of him. >> i was just standing there, and it just happened. the timing was just so split second. because i knew there was a man under there, i know i yelled, oh, my god. >> inside the store, jim and the other gas station employees hear the impact and laura's cries for help. >> i just heard her yell, oh, my god, he's pinned. >> jim leaps into action, but the scene outside is even more dire than he can imagine. the gas pump bursts into flames with...

The fire fueled by leaking gasoline. >> and when the fire hit, knowing there was a man there, the first thing i thought of was getting that fire extinguisher. >> and when i came out, laura was headed back toward the door with the fire extinguisher and handed it off to me. the fire was starting to come up so i jumped on top of the fire and tried to knock it down the best i could to get the guy out from underneath it. i used up almost all the fire extinguisher and then put it underneath the pump and blasted him with it. >> following emergency procedure, another sales clerk, kelly chapman, shuts ...