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With his hoses from his truck to the plant. and you can see suddenly something went wrong. what that was, i don't know that we'll ever know for sure. >> the truck and driver become surrounded by an ominous and dangerous cloud of extremely flammable propane. >> it's very explosive, plus, that leak happened at a very remarkable speed. it was literally, i believe, under 20 seconds. >> the driver, fearing something isn't right, tries to shut down the gas. but he's not in time. suddenly, the propane ignites. >> unfortunately, at that point, you know, it enveloped the driver, too. he was in that clo...

Building next door. >> the explosion ignites a huge fire at the foundry. >> there's this huge billowing black cloud of smoke. it was just amazing. >> we knew it was going to be a very big fire. it was a huge column of smoke, huge. >> we have flames shooting over the roof. we've got a report from the plant personnel that their propane tank has gone up. >> several bystanders and nearby residents begin filming the flames. >> it was pretty impressive and it was noisy. you could really hear the flames. it was like a jet engine almost. >> first responders find the propane-filled tanker truck engulfe...

Faith will keep me on the straight and narrow. >> mccullough's passenger, judith bailey, suffers less severe burns and makes a recovery as well. but the steam pipe explosion is blamed for the death of 51-year-old lois bemeric, a human resources exec frif new jersey, who dies from a heart attack. more than 40 others are injured. an investigation concludes heavy rainfall and leaky pipes caused the explosion. the city orders improvements for new york's vast and aging underground steam system to prevent a similar catastrophe. coming up -- nearly 10,000 volts of electricity on the loose. caught...

Something went wrong. what that was, i don't know that we'll ever know for sure. >> the truck and driver become surrounded by an ominous and dangerous cloud of extremely flammable propane. >> it's very explosive, plus, that leak happened at a very remarkable speed. it was literally, i believe, under 20 seconds. >> the driver, fearing something isn't right, tries to shut down the gas. but he's not in time. suddenly, the propane ignites. >> unfortunately, at that point, you know, it enveloped the driver, too. he was in that cloud. the driver of the truck, you can see it explode. that's horrible....

Powerful, so powerful. >> get down! get down! >> it was incredibly bright and forceful. it was almost like somebody shoving you off your feet. >> oh, my god! >> oh, my god! >> people see, hear and feel the blast for miles. >> whoa! >> it was so huge. it was unbelievable. >> you can feel the heat wave and the shock wave. >> holy smokes, i hope everybody's okay! >> the axle from the propane truck launches hundreds of feet into the air and lands on a busy street, narrowly missing cars. >> i look up in the air, and i don't know. it's 100, 150 feet maybe, i see something flying through the air. we'...