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The group forms a tight circle and keeps their heads away from the fire. >> no matter what they hear, no matter what they see, or feel, they have to make an absolute commitment staying with the shelter if they want to go home. >> the tents can protect against flames up to 500 degrees creating a pocket of breathable air. still the temperature inside can soar to 200. fire fighter dave latour survived a different wildfire. his tent protecting him from the inferno. >> it was like somebody closing a door on the oven, standing in front of the oven, shutting the door on the oven. >> reporter: the ten...

A firefighter, and both of them were a result of a wind shift, and one time we south refuge in a rock slide area. another time we were packed up against a pond. bill: you have experience with the smoke jumpers, and you attack fires from the air, and this group, the hot shot crew is land-based. it's important to make that distinction, because it goes to the level of mobility you may or may not have once you're in the danger zone. they are trained to carry these almost like foil wraps, and even dig a hole for their own body to go beneath the ground, wrap themselves in this foil, and perhaps cove...

Search and rescue operation underway after a small plane crashes in ocean city, maryland. the single engine plane went down yesterday. no word on what caused the crash or how many people were on board at the time of the accident. bill: this is tough, tough work and these are tough, tough men. they have experience, this is what they are trained for. how is it that you find yourself in a situation where the fire line change is in an instant and you have no chance of getting out. >> a wind shift can do it for you very quickly. i've been trapped on two fires in the time that i was active as

And cogar, a strong central location there as well. so one, two, three and four. all four are dangerous and have tornado warnings with them. you can clearly see the hook by the gm plant. go, mark. >> we have a wind shift going south and east to almost due east now. it comes up to the tinker exit on 240. near the gm plant. just past the heart hospital as well. so now going from west to east. towards circulation. straight down the road. almost parked on 240. >> on the phone again from oklahoma city. latest from jay gray who is in oklahoma city. jay, we checked in with you at

Mode and got as low as we could, we were being just blasted by all of this debris from sheet metal to, you know, those large hail -- those hay bales, we were being slammed by everything. and this was the first time that, you know, usually i'm up in the tourette, we have a tourette with an imax camera. the first time i abandoned my post, it was lying flat down on the ground trying to get way from the window. >> tell us the moment where the door blew open and you had to literally get the door back. what happened? >> well it wasn't -- it wasn't -- we have latches that go in and i -- probably wasn...