trapped. so by staying in in that vehicle you have only moments of fresh air until that vehicle s actually overcome by smoke and fire. making a run for it is not much better. you should not flee on foot. you much likely would be safer in a structure that would protect you for a matter of moments. that fire front will move over you very rapidly, and you have a better chance of survivability by putting yourself in a structure. the correct answer is b, but if no structure is available the next option. find an open area with low fuel, that doesn t have something that will burn. you want stay away from trees, get yourself as low as you can. in the chaos, eric and his brother lose contact with their family.
firestorm, escaping their car just seconds before it s engulfed in flames. turns out their mother is nearby and witnesses their escape from the vehicle. what i see is the kids, you know, with the car burning. i was panicking. i was shaking. for the whole, you know, commotion that was happening. but just when i think i m going to lose them, i was feeling numb, but i got out and run to them. eric and his extended family make it out, but his grandmother s house is totally destroyed, along with 60% of middletown s other homes. in the end, firefighters suffer severe burns and four civilians lost their lives. i do think it is a miracle that we survived. it is the scariest thing in my life. and always will be. nothing can top that. to avoid finding yourself in such a dire scenario, it s critical to always listen for evacuation orders and remember the following survival tips. if driving, keep headlights and hazard lights on and close your windows.
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 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 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, but what you need to do is slow down as best you can and ensure that you have space between you and possibly another vehicle in front of you. after losing track of their relatives, eric and his brother barely make it through the
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 was pouring out black smoke. you ve made a risky choice to stay in your car with the hope 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
so i told everybody, let s go, let s go, let s go. with choking smoke closing in from all sides, eric s relatives take off in other vehicles while he jumps in the car with his brother. but as the brother approaches a highway, they orun straight int a wall of flames. fire on the highway, and you re in the hot seat. and later. how would you fare during an attack by an armed intruder? it looked like for some reason, this is going to be the day that i die. somebody sent someone to kill me. how else do you think he gets around so fast?