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Video of the flames. >> dad? i can't hear. get out of here. get out of here. >> the father and his girls are unharmed. the explosion is so powerful it registers as a 2.1 magnitude event, the rumblings felt as far as 50 miles away. >> fire units. firefighters down. again, there has been an explosion. there are firefighters down. >> firemen already on the scene battling flames are reported missing. >> it's just overwhelming to us for a town of 2400. we have three ambulances and there are literally hundreds of people hurt. i know -- i don't -- i haven't been there but i'm very worried that my amb...

So out of desperation, i laid on my back underneath him and put my feet on the debris over his head and i leg pressed as hard as i could. >> me pushing with my back and him pushing up with his legs, he managed to get most of the debris up far enough to extricate himself from this huge pile of rub they'll pinned him to his desk. >> i think it took about 30 minutes. i didn't think i had very much time left when the rescue team came in. >> we couldn't get everybody else. people are still in there. >> my boss didn't make it. a section didn't make it. >> d.c. fire units going to plan "e," an emerge...

So out of desperation, i laid on my back underneath him and put my feet on the debris over his head and i leg pressed as hard as i could. >> me pushing with my back and him pushing up with his legs, he managed to get most of the debris up far enough to extricate himself from this huge pile of rub they'll pinned him to his desk. >> i think it took about 30 minutes. i didn't think i had very much time left when the rescue team came in. >> we couldn't get everybody else. people are still in there. >> my boss didn't make it. a section didn't make it. >> d.c. fire units going to plan "e," an emerge...

Is that causing delays? >> absolutely. we lost our entire environmental services division, including our entire fleet, which has hampered our relief efforts. the governor and his staff have been excellent. we've had 14 requests, they've honored all 14 requests, including moving up to 1,000 national guardsmen that will be on the streets in tuscaloosa in the next 12 hours. >> help us understand your challenge as we show the pictures to our viewers. so many people have lost their homes, so what is your shelter situation, how many people homeless right now? >> we're going to have hundreds, if not ...

National guardsmen that will be on the streets in tuscaloosa in the next 12 hours. >> help us understand your challenge as you look at the devastation around you and we show the pictures to our viewers. so many people have lost their homes, so what is your shelter situation, how many people homeless right now? >> we're going to have hundreds, if not thousands of people homeless. as we extend out the next 72 to 96 hours, that's going to be a huge humanitarian issue. right now the city is short of men, materials and equipment. fortunately, the state ema is coming to the plate. we lost a lot of o...