rocket and tipped it upside down at the blast off. probably 100 foot flame length. reporter: san bruno fire. disaster so big even commercial airline pilots were calling it in. sounded kind of like a jet engine. high pitch screaming sound. reporter: firefighters reflects on the san bruno disaster. good evening. i m dan. more than 200 emergency personnel rushed to the neighborhood last thursday. many off duty and without knowing what they were rushing into. tonight the incredible story from abc 7. we looked out the back door and could see a fire ball. reporter: the fire ball was just the beginning. initially we are thinking that jet airplane went down from san francisco airport. i personally was thinking it might be a terrorist thing. it appears we have a plane down there in the neighborhood. reporter: it would be more than 20 minute before these first responders realize it wasn t an airplane crash. this thing was blowing out like you wouldn t believe. i would
well, good morning to you. welcome to mornings on 2. i m dave clark. good morning. i m tori campbell. we do have new information coming in right now about a dramatic rescue in the waters off richmond. ktvu s kraig debro is with two of the victims right now. what can you tell us? what did they tell you? reporter: well, four fishermen went out early this morning to fish for alba door to fish for albacore. right now, this boat is in the water. we can t see from here but thanks to everybody at channel 2 at the desk, it looks like we can see the boat is going down facility water. i m going to talk to thomas deacon. he s completely soaked. he s been in the water. you must be cold. what do you remember? we went out, hit a wall, pulled one out. there was cpr. don t know about one guy. reporter: what did it sound like when you hit the rock wall? basically, a car accident. reporter: it must have been very dark at that time. you are right about that. reporter: what