Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20171022:19:57:00
>> don't hit me. [ bleep ]. >> gotta get out of here. in a bad spot. >> reporter: sergeant brandon cutting, a 13-year veteran of the sonoma county sheriff's department, he worked graveyard on night one of the fires. >> did you think you were going to die? >> no. we were trying to get to as many people as we could. we were pushing into a complete fear zone. >> reporter: fear, understandable. streets became rivers of fire. >> i'm driving further into this fire, and i need an out. i need an exit. i'm in a bad spot. i need to turn around. i realize that i'm too far in. i'm afraid to stop. as long ...