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>> with no tornadoes to chase, drummond decides to drive to the fire and starts recording the scene. >> i thought well, you know, i didn't get that much weather video today, i'm going to go and maybe shoot some of that. they might want it for the news. >> firefighters use both foam and water. the foam starves the fire of oxygen and the water keeps the other tanks cool. after almost two hours of work, they extinguish two of the tanks and set their sights on the tall one in the middle. >> they were doing an excellent job with it. they had knocked the actual fire down considerably. >> but this fi...

Flames shoot more than 100 feet into the air. the shock wave is felt for miles, including at the nearby fire station. >> my first impression was that one of the firefighters here had made driven one of the fire trucks into the building. it shook the building that hard. >> minutes later, the firefighters are at the scene of the blast. >> you could see flames. flames were visible into the refinery and heavy black smoke coming out of the refinery. >> workers at the refinery are able to shut off the hydrogen gas that's fueling the flames, and the fire is brought under control quickly. fortunately,...

He might be too close but holds his ground and continues to record. >> there's that split second that you're wondering is debris going to fall on me, are there metal shards and roofing going to cut me or hit me right in the body. >> falling debris isn't the only thing to worry about. nichols fears there could be another explosion. >> part of you wanted to flee, because your instinct is to run away from these things, especially getting hit with a heat wave in the face. part of you as a journalist, as a videographer, wants to stay. >> the fire, fueled by the leaking gas, continues to burn uncont...

Cloud of fire. it seemed like a safe distance. now, he's not so sure. >> when the explosion happened and i felt the heat and i decided to back away and put cars and a wall between me and the fire. >> just hide behind. we'll be all right. >> firefighters are dangerously close to the explosion, but somehow, they survive. >> the firefighters that were literally ten feet away from the truck, the explosion was on the other side of the truck to where the firefighters were. >> the entire area becomes a massive inferno, spewing flames and black smoke. >> it just exploded. tell mom it just exploded. >>...

Explodes. more than 100 firefighters respond to the disaster but there's little they can do besides let the fire burn itself out. missile parts litter the road. officials say the explosion is actually caused by the truck's gas tank rupturing, not the solid rocket fuel which burns up in the fire. fortunately, everyone inside the tunnel is able to make it out before the blast, and there are no casualties. january 18th, 2011. a tv news cameraman's videotaping workers responding to a gas leak in the tacony neighborhood of philadelphia when all of a sudden, the ground erupts. >> all you see is just...