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Case something did happen. >> less than a minute after they arrive, the fire reaches the vapors in the tank. >> we need some help out here. just blew. >> the explosion unleashes a fireball and showers the area with twisted metal. >> whoa! >> the shockwave from the gas tanker pushed me backwards about ten feet. >> whoa! >> there was a large probably five-foot tall by eight-foot wide circular disk that blew out of that tanker. >> we need some help out here. it just blew. we got parts -- in the road. we need a lot of help. >> the trooper and the trucker are a safe distance from the explosion. the...

Them and officer ward, they were able to get me up and over the guardrail to where it was actually safe. >> the captain is transported to a local hospital where he's treated for broken ribs and a broken leg. the other drivers involved in the crash escape without injuries. six weeks after the incident, the captain is able to return to full active duty. after seeing the dashcam video, he knows that the outcome could have been different. >> i think this was a whole series of unfortunate events that all came together all at once and i feel extremely fortunate to be alive. emergency workers are i...

Hitting the second. >> my initial thought was i just witnessed a firefighter's death. and then i knew that i was the only one that had saw him get hit because everyone else was dealing with the other vehicle that was crashed. >> the impact of the crash hurls the captain 20 feet into a pile of snow. as he lays stunned, the wrecked truck comes dangerously close to landing on top of him. >> my intention was to get up and over the guardrail where it was a safer area, but with the pain and everything else, i just couldn't move a bit. i was expecting that that's where it was all going to end, was ri...

Arrives before it's too late. lieutenant brian, his brother, jeff, and firefighter janet evans respond from the bristol fire department. >> when we arrived on scene, the rear tires of the truck was on fire. at that point, we didn't know how long the fire had been burning or how long it'd been exposing the aluminum tank. being aluminum, it has a failing point rather quickly. >> the lieutenant and his crew decide to park in front of the burning tanker and for good reason. >> we parked in front of the truck to give us protection from being uphill, upwind. we also parked in that location to use th...

I then returned fire back over my head. like being hit in the head with a baseball bat. shots fired. shots fired. i put my hand on the back of my head because there was so much blood. i thought the back of my head had been blown off. as i was getting out of my vehicle, i was thinking about a lot of things. my wife's going to be really mad at me. i was thinking about my children. i was thinking about my partners. at one point, i thought about trying to get in my car and pursue the vehicle. however, i was disabled significantly and losing an awful lot of blood. i'm hit. i'm hit. >> deputy scott ...