driver checklist and start to get out of the car. although mike turns the engine off, fuel drips in to the car. i saw the fuel dripping out of the carburetor and i thought if i can get my belts off, i will flip it. because he s on his side mike has trouble removing his seat belt. fuel continues to leak, threatening to ignite at any moment. the pit crew rushes to help him. they started asking are you all right. i kept telling them, i m fine but i m stuck in my seat belt. can you sustain the car so i can release sglit as the crew heaves the car upright it bursts in to flames. the camera continues recording while the fire spreads. i was trapped. it crossed my mind i had died. when the fire started, i was actually really afraid. i didn t want to lose him that day. by the time they got it on
going on my side. it was all right, go through the driver checklist and start to get out of the car. although mike turns the engine off, fuel drips in to the car. i saw the fuel dripping out of the carburetor and i thought if i can get my belts off, i will flip it. because he s on his side mike has trouble removing his seat belt. fuel continues to leak, threatening to ignite at any moment. the pit crew rushes to help him. they started asking are you all right. i kept telling them, i m fine but i m stuck in my seat belt. can you sustain the car so i can release sglit as the crew heaves the car upright it bursts in to flames. the camera continues recording while the fire spreads. i was trapped. it crossed my mind i had died. when the fire started, i was actually really afraid.
texas is flat here. we don t have the mountains and trees that some of the prettier areas of the world have. but we had a thermal column that was a good two, 250 into the air. the smoke was a jet black sometimes gray, which indicates some type of hydrocarbon or petroleum products. the danger grows exponentially as the fire spreads outside the main compound. rivers of burning liquid chemicals consume everything in their paths. the flames come within feet of railroad cars filled with explosive fuel and more chemicals. if they explode, the dire situation could get even worse. but the flames aren t the only thing the firefighters are worried about. no one knows if the massive plumes of smoke are releasing deadly toxins into the
when we arrived, the flames were literally visible. of course, texas is flat here. we don t have the mountains and trees that some of the prettier areas of the world have. but we had a thermal column that was a good 200, 250 into the air. the smoke was a jet black sometimes gray, which indicates some type of hydrocarbon or petroleum products. the danger grows exponentially as the fire spreads outside the main compound. rivers of burning liquid chemicals consume everything in their paths. the flames come within feet of railroad cars filled with explosive fuel and more chemicals. if they explode, the dire situation could get even worse. but the flames aren t the only thing the firefighters are worry worried about. no one knows if the massive plume of smoke are releasing deadly toxins into the community.
welcome back. we have more breaking news tonight. a wildfire is burning north of santa clarita, california, northwest of los angeles. you see the affiliates from our affiliate kcal of the fires burning dangerously close to transmission lines. 20 acres have so far gone up in flames. there are no evacuations or injuries reported, but you can see how close they are to those lines. large numbers of firefighters have reported to the scene to try to get the situation under control. we will continue to monitor that, obviously, and see if the fire spreads beyond where it is currently. now back to our other breaking news. the weather news. tornadoes in oklahoma and arkansas, part of a powerful storm system across much of the southern plains and mid-mississippi river valley. tom joins us now. you have new information about the damage the storm is doing across the plains. yeah. mainly it s been oklahoma and arkansas where we have had many reports, chad myers heading up i-35 to this one near a