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Vehicle with window coverings due to the fact that those are combustible materials, and those materials itself will start to catch fire just based on the radiated heat. >> and rolling down your windows will only let the elements in faster. so if you chose b, you made the correct decision. keep those windows closed. >> what you want to do is try to stay encapsulated inside that vehicle as best as you possibly can. it's imperative that you ensure that your windows are fully closed, that visibility is maintained. it's going to be difficult to see but what you need to do is slow down as best as yo...

>> in the chaos, eric and his brother lose contact with their family. panicked, they decide to stay in their car and try to reach the nearby highway, but it doesn't take long to realize their mistake. >> there was fire hitting the window, embers. you could barely see five feet in front of you, even with the headlights. so we were just driving, we were driving on where we thought the road was. the entire engine compartment caught on fire, our feet, we could feel the flames burning the metal and the plastic under the car. we could see the smoke coming up through the holes and the ventilation. it...

Windows slightly, then cover them with any materials available? >> you really shouldn't cover any, any vehicle with window covering, due to the fact that those are kpusbling materials, and those materials itself will start to catch fire, just based on the radiated heat. >> and rolling down your windows will only let the elements in faster. so if you chose b, you made the correct decision. keep those windows closed. >> what you want to do is stay encapsulated in that vehicle as best you can. make sure your windows are fully closed. visibility is maintained. it's going to be difficult to see, bu...

Of driving through an inferno. to increase your chances, should you, a, open your windows to prevent glass from shattering under high heat, b, keep the windows closed, or c, open the windows slightly, then cover them with any materials available? >> you shouldn't cover any vehicle with window coverings due to the fact that those are combustible materials, and those materials itself will start to catch fire just based on the radiated heat. >> and rolling down your windows will only let the elements in faster. so if you chose b, you made the correct decision. keep those windows closed. >> what y...

>> i hope she makes it out. >> in the chaos, eric and his brother lose contact with their family. panicked, they decide to stay in their car and try to reach the nearby highway, but it doesn't take long to realize their mistake. >> there was fire hitting the window, embers. you could barely see five feet in front of you even with the headlights. we were just driving. we were driving on what we thought the road was. [ honking ] the entire engine compartment caught on fire, the wheels caught on fire. our feet, we could feel the flames burning the metal and the plastic under the car. we could see...