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One is we have a blanket of firefighting foam over the top of the collapsed tank and so the idea behind that is to keep oxygen from the fire, deny the fire oxygen. so what's happening is you're seeing these flare ups because we're getting breaks in that foam blanket. the heated fuel is being exposed to air and that's creating a situation where it flares up. that's what you're seeing there. one tank is all but completely collapsed so that one leaked into the containment area which is basically earthen dikes. that's what we're keeping our foam blanket to keep it from flaring up. it was my unders...

Warranted. does that work for you guys? >> sure. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. that was great. >> thank you. >> if anybody wants information on the road stuff -- >> steve hill updating everyone on where we are at this moment. they are still concerned about hot spots. the larger part of the fire is out, but he gave a great explanation of what they're doing with the foam that looks like it's been snowing on these two tanks that caught fire. they are trying to make sure there are no hot spots that continue to erupt again, which has happened a number of times. you can see flames there brea...

Harris county is advising people to shelter in place in the immediately area of the chemical plant. sheltering in place means remaining indoors, closing doors and windows turning off air conditioning anyway the outside air would be getting into your home. this area 20 miles outside of downtown houston has also closed schools today. this fire ignited four days ago. it remains sting stuextinguishe a foam blanket was put in place to contain the fire but the vapor has managed to escape the blanket. harris county says they knew vapor releases were a possibility. they they say have activated and exe...

Landing on its nose. >> people were screaming. the front ripped off, sliding, screaming. >> reporter: passengers hit the emergency chute then hit the ground running. everyone made it to safety. three minor injuries were reported. >> we put a protective foam blanket down around underneath the aircraft due to leaking hydraulic fluid leaking from the landing gear. we removed the passengers. we were approximately 400 yards off from the airport into the field. >> we were taking off from the taxiway and the guy next to me said, is the plane crashing? we looked out the window. the nose of the plane w...

Front. i'm assuming the front wheel just broke off. and then we just started sliding, people were screaming. >> reporter: passengers hit the emergency chutes and then hit the ground running. everyone made it to safety. three minor injuries were reported. >> we put a protective foam blanket down around underneath the aircraft due to hydraulic fluid leaking from the front landing gear. we removed the passengers. we were approximately 400 yards off from the airport into the field. >> we were taking off from the taxiway and the guy next to me said, is the plane crashing? we looked out the window. ...