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It. this time we weren't that lucky. >> luck is nowhere to be found. the fire department doesn't have enough extinguishing powder on hand to control the flames. as it burns out of control, the order is given to pull back. >> my gut said get away from the building, something's going to happen. >> but before everyone clears out -- >> the smoke began to suck in, which is an indication the fire was drawing for oxygen. and i had enough time to go, "oh," and do a 180, and it was over. >> the building explodes into smithereens. >> it was incredible, incredible, but it was more worrisome. we kind of l...

>> it's so bright, it damages matt's camera. >> it shot out one of my filters in my camera. and then everything after i shot that video, it was all red. >> larry fisher is one of several firefighters injured in the blast. >> i was bleeding all down my face. i looked all bloody. of course, my helmet was off my head. but i thought -- my initial thought was that i was burned. >> fortunately, no employees are inside the foundry when the fire erupts. the fire department believes it's nothing short of a miracle that no one is killed. >> i think many of us are very lucky to be alive. >> but they can'...

>> it was pretty impressive and it was noisy. you could really hear the flames. >> there was the hissing of the fire, just kind of started building and building and building. >> firefighters back away from the flaming tanker. >> all units evacuate to at least 10,000 feet. 10,000 feet evacuation for engine two. imminent explosion. >> we got about 200 feet of it out, and unbelievably, it got louder. it got so loud. >> before firefighters were able to get to a safe distance, the propane truck erupts into the biggest explosion many have ever seen. >> whoa! holy smokes. i hope everybody's okay. >> ...

From underneath the floorboards. i said to myself, i can't believe we're about to die and i was angry and incredulous, so to speak. and the tree that we were underneath was on fire. >> but the attack isn't over and the biggest explosion is yet to come. manning a machine gun at the checkpoint is specialist darryl green. >> at that time the ranker truck or cement mixer was trying to come into our perimeter. >> a filled cement mixer full of explosives tried to drive up to the hotel. >> their main goal with the first two explosions was to make the hole into our perimeter which the first explosion ...

Situation. >> but he's scared to death. >> quite frankly, i was just waiting for the fourth one to go off because each one it felt like it was coming from underneath the floor. i was thinking, gee, it keeps getting closer and closer and the next one, maybe i'll just be injured. if i had to be injure part of my body could i afford to lose and not miss. >> karl and his crew eventually make it back to the green zone. >> the thing about it is i did not know how bad it was. >> karl v you seen the pictures? >> i just know everything around me was on fire and everything was orange. there were these c...