>> on the ground, j.t. langston from the luther volunteer fire department is one of the first on the scene. >> it was going pretty good. the fire was going pretty hot and heavy there when we got there. >> the fire department doesn't know what the train cars are carrying, either. >> i didn't know what was in them or how bad it was at that point in time. i just knew that we needed to get on it pretty quick or we were going to have trouble. >> luther fire chief brian martin is faced with the most dangerous situation of his career. his small department isn't trained to deal with hazardous material. >> that requires specialty training. a lot of that training isn't available sometimes. and my biggest issue with everything was always keeping my guys safe. we wanted to know what we had, what we were going to do, before we sent anybody in. >> the fire department is outmatched. >> i think it scared us all because it was what are we going to do and how are we going to do it. >> the fire department calls in reinforcements as the toxic blaze spreads to a nearby oil
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