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Like that, it's very difficult to extinguish. >> freelance cameraman andrew tolosky arrives and begins recording the raging inferno. >> by the time i got to the scene, i had figured out that this was not an ordinary fire by any means. >> the massive blaze has much more in store for firefighters. suddenly, there's a huge explosion. it's one of several andrew captures. >> i have never seen anything like that before. it was unreal. the fireballs were huge. they didn't make much sound, but they were hot, and you could really feel the heat. >> the eruptions put firefighters in serious danger. >> we...

Thick, acrid smoke fills the mile-long tunnel as everyone inside runs for their lives. where there's smoke, there's fire. seconds later, the truck 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 18, 2011. a tv news cameraman's vid...

>> nichols sets up his camera at what he thinks is a safe distance until he realizes the utility workers are not actually sure where the leaking gas is coming from. >> there was a hesitation from everyone, just an unknowingness of what was happening, of where this gas was coming from. am i in a safe area? >> despite his uneasiness, nichols stays where he is and goes to work. >> i had a close-up shot of the two gentlemen walking out of the building, and, all of a sudden, you see this flash of light hit them in the face. >> right in front of his camera, the street blows sky-high, and emergency w...

Control, chief fred burrows begins an on-scene interview with andrew about the fire. >> we had portions of the building collapse. >> chief burrows thinks the explosions have stopped, but right in the middle of the interview the fire unleashes its biggest blast of the night. >> any injuries or -- >> not at this time. that was a bit warm. >> honestly, i thought we had pretty much ran out of material to burn at that point, but apparently there was a couple waiting for us. >> the explosion, caused by the last containers of methanol, happens four hours after the fire begins, startling the chief and...

>> holy [ muted ]! let's get the [ muted ] out of here. >> before the blast, simpson is about 40 feet from the huge 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 ...