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>> i had already had a plan of action in my head and then when it blew up, it changed everything. the first thought that went through my head was you know, okay, what do we do now? >> hundreds of nearby residents and a nursing home are evacuated. >> they said everybody over in the college hill area, you need to evacuate. >> okay. >> firefighters are on the scene for more than 12 hours. the charred remains of cars and debris are a testament to the ferocity of the chemical-fueled inferno that claims one life, a 61-year-old woman who lived in one of the destroyed homes. an investigation finds the...

On a ship this is the universal sign of trouble. inside this model ship hull, instructors from resolve maritime academy train crew how to prevent a deadly disaster at sea like the sinking of the passenger ferry in south korea. investigators say the nearly 7,000-ton ship sank in about 2 1/2 hours. 476 people were inside when a boy on board made the first call for help at 8:52 a.m. local time. the ship's crew made a distress call about three minutes later at about 8:55. the crew's response is critical to preventing disaster. in this scenario water is rushing in from an unknown source. >> water i...

Emergencies. she's in a bridge simulator in ft. lauderdale. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're at resolve maritime academy. what you're looking at is a bridge and dave bolt is here to tell us what this is. what are we looking at? >> this is a full mission bridge simulator. it's what you would see on the bridge of a modern ship. >> there's a lot of things we can do here. let's start listing slowly to get perspective as to what this looks like. at this point if you're on the bridge, you would be concerned? >> i would be concerned if you are stuck at this point and not rolling back. y...

Passengers aboard that ferry were told to stay where they were as the ship ran into trouble. >> this tragedy is now focusing on attention on what the crew and passengers should do to get to safety. we have more on that from florida. >> reporter: on a ship, this is the universal sign of trouble. inside this model ship hull instructors from result maritime academy train crew how to prevent a deadly disaster at sea. like the sinking of the passenger ferry in south korea. investigators say the nearly 7,000 ton ship sank in about 2 1/2 hours. 476 people were inside when a boy on board made the firs...

So tell us what we can see here. >> everything you would see on the bridge of a modern ship, rosa. radars, everything else. >> reporter: now, we can actually feel we're actually on a ship. and you can see the waves. i can blow the horn here. >> yep. the radar, electronic charts, all the control systems for the vessel. >> reporter: now, one of the other things we can do is we can list this ship. let's start doing that slowly. >> sure. >> reporter: as we take a look at that, look at the horizon. you can really get a sense of what this feels like. at this point you would think okay, the ship is i...