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Highway in one of america'so# busiest cities.o# if it is not hard enough to get around how about trying to maneuver around this? we'll tell you what happened. kelly: new details on the deadly ambush that killed two firefighters in webster new york. >> we're being shot at. i am shot. assault rifles. we have multiple firemen down. working fire. [ cellphone chirping ] [ buzzing ] bye dad. drive safe. k. love you. [ chirping, buzzing continues ]

Mourners held tphours and carried a handwritten sign that said thanks for protecting us, rest in piece. the sue wounded firefighters remain in guarded condition at a rochester hospital. the tragedy unfolded early yesterday morning when they sp-pbded to a blaze and were met with gun fire. one of the firefighters called a radio dispatcher for help, listen. >> beer being shot at. multiple firemen down, i am shot, i think it's an assault rifle. we have multiple firemen down. a working fire. >> local police arrived and exchanged gunfire with the shooter, 62-year-old william spangle remember. he the...

To check and see. there may be other deaths. gregg: all right. a career criminal, set a trap. apparently igniting a blaze. several homes in the end, seven of them caught fire. firefighters responded. he opened fire on those firefighters. two of them have been killed. two have been wounded. moments ago we got this from the police scanners. listen to the drama as crews on the scene first alerted the dispatchers about what was going on. >> we are being shot at. multiple firemen down. multiple firemen are shot. i am shot. i think he is using an assault rifle. we have multiple firemen down. working...

I am shot. i think he is using an assault rifle. we have multiple firemen down. working fire. shot with a firearm. >> understood. what is your 32, copy, multiple firemen down, multiple firemen shot with a working fire. gregg: let's pick up the story with david lee miller live in our new york newsroom. david? >> reporter: gregg, the questions at this hour remain unanswered, who was the shooter and what was his motive? this is what we do know. it was about 5:35 when the west webster firefighters responded to a house fire. there you see the blaze. two of the firefighters shot and killed at the sc...

So far, at least four people are dead. more than 50 are injured. dozens of homes are gone. the fire is about 75% contained right now. it's been burning for more than 12 hours. san bruno is just north of san francisco, only a few miles away from the san francisco international airport. explosion happened about 6:30 p.m. thursday evening. local time. the heat was so intense, it melted car tail lights. it sent chunks of concrete flying. pacific gas and electric says a gas transmission line, not the kind that goes to your house. this is the one that -- it's a bigger line. it ruptured, it caused th...