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The early stage, hopefully you can knock it and you can control 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...

>> it shot out one of my filters in my camera. >> whoa! holy -- "caught on camera: on the edge of death." have you ever wondered what it's like to stare death in the face? well, we are going to show you. the situations are dire, the people are real, the stakes couldn't be higher. and they're all caught on camera. it's some of the most dramatic video you'll ever see. hong kong, november 20th, 1996. the worst high-rise fire in the country's history breaks out in the 16-story office and apartment building in the downtown shopping district. thousands of people scramble over one another to flee t...

Would have been not good at all. >> 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 lu...

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. then i was thinking, gee, it keeps getting closer and closer. maybe if it's the next one, maybe i'll just be injured. so then i started thinking, well, if i had to get injured, what part of my body could i afford to lose and not miss. >> two members of his security detail are injured, but carl and his crew eventually make it back to the green zone. >> the thing about it is, i didn't really know how bad it was. he said...

200 feet away. >> the noise from the pressure building inside the tanker is deafening. >> 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 ok...