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Cables in flames as temps approach 100 degrees. in mt. vernon, new york the heat is too much for firefighters battling a smoky blaze. six hospitalized from heat exhaustion. >> this kind of heat can be dangerous. people have to make smarlt decisions. >> reporter: the city has activated emergency heat lines. >> the heat index is 99 degrees right now. what does that mean for someone who's in a car for example. >> in a car it's dangerous this is an area where a fan's not going to help you. >> reporter: already this year ten children have died after being left in hot cars. that's why these good sam...

Having been there in the immediate aftermath, a sense of how big of a conflagration it is? >> if you have a smaller incident, the firefighters have a chance. but the reality is, this product is explosive. it's reacts violently. the best thing for first responders to do is be trained in how to respond to these incidents. in mt. carbon for example, the montgomery fire department did the right thing. they got everybody out of the way. they didn't try to treat the fire or put it out. they got everyone out of harm's way which is what they should have done. >> doing harm reduction. they're not stopp...

7-year-old girl is the only survivor of a plane crash that left her parents and sister and a cousin dead as she walked through nearly a mile of dark woods to get help. >> reporter: the small plane crashed in the heavily wooded area in kentucky friday night. state police identified the victims as a couple from nashville, illinois. their 9-year-old daughter and a 14-year-old cousin also died in the crash. their 7-year-old daughter survived. friday night a man heard a knock on his door and was stunned to find the little girl outside with blood on her legs and face. >> she had to walk close to thr...

Twisted metal in the river. it used to be part of a bridge on interstate 5 which is just north of seattle. last night as people were driving along. 80,000 cars a day drive on that bridge, a 150 yard chunk fell and collapsed and fell into frigid water taking with it cars and people. there were only two cars on that miraculous thing everyone survived. people say it appears an oversized truck may have struck a steel beam above the roadway that could have triggered part of the bridge thats with built in 1955 to collapse. for years we've been warned that america's infrastructure is falling apart. i...

Use the lake to do fishing or whatever is appropriate during the season. and i can tell you that that's probably what happened. >> reporter: the search continued. >> so far we've been unable to find anyone at this time. we're releasing some of the firefighters, but we continue to search as conditions allow throughout the night. and we'll be back. >> reporter: the police have not yet publicly identified the two teenagers, but rescue workers are in touch with the parents of those two teenagers. the search will resume at daybreak but in frigid conditions and dangerous conditions, as well. in mt. ...