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Minute from two directions, so 1,000 gallons a minute to prevent another bleve. >> the fire finally burns itself out, but the disaster zone isn't safe for more than a month. >> over the next 36 days, we were still on scene because there were thousands of 100-pound cylinders that could have been damaged. once you start to move them, they could explode. >> one employee is killed in the fire and a firefighter dies of a heart attack. the enormous inferno leaves its mark on canada's largest city. >> this was a six-alarm fire in toronto, and we've had six-alarm fires for high-rise buildings and fact...

And the door, the glass, fell on my bed and my sister started screaming. >> we even had the entire drywall ceilings completely flattened, knocked out of the ceiling of a house and flat down on the floor or over the beds and this type of thing in the adjacent area. >> but an even bigger explosion is brewing. there are several huge tanker trucks at the facility, each filled with as much as 30,000 gallons of propane. soon after the fire starts, one of the tanks explodes. >> look at that! look at the fire! holy [ bleep ]! >> oh, my god. >> the explosion is caught on camera by andrew bishop. >> hol...

>> couple of fire departments looked at the footage and, you know, was apparently one of the first times a boilover-type explosion had ever been caught on tape. >> a boilover can occur during oil tank fires because oil is lighter than water. the water being pumped on to the burning oil tank sinks to the bottom, where it eventually boils into steam and explodes, propelling the flaming oil on top into the sky, and the surrounding area. >> where were you at when the explosion happened? >> i was up there with the nozzles on the tank. it started to boil over. by the time we noticed it was going to ...

>> firefighters who thought the fire was under control suffer some of the worst injuries. >> the ones that were resting, took off some of their bunker gear. and the ones who had their bunker gear off sitting there and started running, that's when they got burned. >> how badly are you burned? >> i'm not burned real bad. some are burned worse. i got some burns on my back, my ear. >> what were you thinking about when it happened? >> thinking about who could run the fastest. >> was the hottest day of my life. i'll always remember it. >> fortunately, no one loses their life, but this explosion is a...

Following the chase is stunned when the car explodes. >> it was a shock. i remember just this audible whoa came out of me because it was so spectacular. >> at the high rate of speed he was going, at the angle he clipped that lamp post, i really think that's what ruptured the gas tank. >> the pickup first clips another truck coming out of a parking lot, then hits the light pole and explodes in front of the telway diner. >> big ball of fire. it was huge. we thought we were gone. >> debbie is working the grill. >> that was the day i thought i was going to die. >> the car explodes right in front o...