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Middletown, california, a normally quiet community of 1300 residents, about 70 miles north of san francisco. that all changed on september 12, 2015, after months of unusually dry heat an enormous wildfire erupts, sending 200-foot high flames racing toward the town. >> the trees and topography and the type of material that was burned had not burned in many, many years which contributed to the fast rate of flame. >> get in the car! >> 16-year-old eric marx was watching the inferno from his grandmother's house in middletown when suddenly -- >> i saw the fire jump the road. so i told everybody, le...

Middletown, california, a normally quiet community of 1300 residents, about 70 miles north of san francisco. that all changed on september 12, 2015, after months of unusually dry heat an enormous wildfire erupts, sending 200-foot high flames racing toward the town. >> the trees and topography and the type of material that was burned had not burned in many, many years which contributed to the fast rate of the spread of flame. >> get in the car! >> 16-year-old eric marx was watching the inferno from his grandmother's house in middletown when suddenly -- >> i saw the fire jump the road. so i told...

>> 16-year-old eric marx was watching the inferno from his grandmother's house in middletown when suddenly -- >> i saw the fire jump the road. so i told everybody, let's go, let's go, let's go. go! >> with choking smoke closing in from all sides, eric's relatives take off in other vehicles while he jumps in the car with his brother. but as the brother approaches a highway, they run straight into a wall of flames. fire on the highway, and you're in the hot seat. and later. how would you fare during an attack by an armed intruder? >> it looked like for some reason, this is going to be the day th...

>> if you're not prepared for it, if you're not trained for it, you have no choice but to panic. >> oh, my god. middletown, california, a normally quiet community of 1,300 residents, about 70 miles north of san francisco. that all changed on september 12th 2015. after months of unusually dry heat, an enormous wildfire erupts, sending 200-foot high flames racing toward the town. >> the trees and the topography and the type of material that was burned had not burned in many, many years, which contributed to the fast rate spread of flame. >> get in the car. >> 16-year-old eric marx was watching...

So i told everybody, let's go, let's go, let's go. >> with choking smoke closing in from all sides, eric's relatives take off in other vehicles while he jumps in the car with his brother. but as the brother approaches a highway, they orun straight int a wall of flames. fire on the highway, and you're in the hot seat. and later. how would you fare during an attack by an armed intruder? >> it looked like for some reason, this is going to be the day that i die. somebody sent someone to kill me. ♪ ♪ ♪ how else do you think he gets around so fast?