the heat of the fire. we have 500 gallons a minute at these locations. the city s buildings department tells norm that the structure is stable because there aren t any cracks or bulges in the walls but he doesn t take any chances and establishes a wide perimeter or collapse zone around it. we move those trucks and the hose lines away from the building to the opposite side of the street. firefighters are also repotioned across the street and continue their efforts to fight the blaze. norm s instincts are right. after nine hours of fire and thousands of gallons of water pumped in, the walls suddenly give way, raining bricks and debris hon the streets below.
he is concerned the old building will fot be able to withstand the heat of the fire. we have 500 gallons a minute at these locations. the city s buildings department tells norm that the structure is stable because there aren t any cracks or bulges in the walls but he doesn t take any chances and establishes a wide perimeter or collapse zone around it. we move those trucks and the hose lines away from the building to the opposite side of the street. firefighters are also repotioned across the street and continue their efforts to fight the blaze. norm s instincts are right. after nine hours of fire and thousands of gallons of water pumped in, the walls suddenly give way, raining bricks and debris hon the streets below. the initial sound to me was like a crack.
general in texas, thank you sir, good to have you with us today. thank you martha. bill: he is the first living recipient of the medal of honor in 40 years. in a moment, you will hear this soldier tell his remarkable and his uplifting story on america s newsroom . martha: plus the investigation into a deadly gas pipeline explosion, the first of the 911 calls, this is actually coming from the rescue operations, the emergency responders on the scene, from the middle of this fiery nightmare. we re going to disconnect hose lines and backup and save our position until we get water. that s affirmative. phil, back all those people up, every back them up to your same position.
san francisco. they had no idea what they were facing. and it s our sound effect today. call for a fourth alarm for this. look, it appears that we have a plane down in the neighborhood. multiple structures on fire. and we have a fireball still coming out. stop that engine. we have no water in this hydrant. we need them to lay into us. copy that. we think we ve got a broken water main down here so they need to lay in from the corner of san bruno avenue. this is north branch on 31, go. it does not appear that this is an aircraft down. it appears that this is some sort of natural gas explosion. quick thinking helped fire fighters overcome the destroyed water mains in the area. they improvised and stretched hose lines from another water grid. in all 400 first responders battled the fire. four people were killed, three still missing. 37 homes were destroyed. coming up, denzel washington
fuel blaze in san bruno, california, right outside san francisco. no idea what they were facing. that is today s sound bite. i have a call. it appears we have plane down in the neighborhood. multiple structures on fire and we have a fireball still coming out. stop that engine. we have no water in this hydrant. we need them to lay into us. copy that. further we think we ve got a broken water main down here. so they freed to lay in from the corner of san bruno avenue. this is north branch on 31. go. it does not appear this is an aircraft down. it tears it s some sort of natural gas explosion. imagine. couldn t imagine a neighborhood could look that like because of a glass explosion. you heard there, they thought a plane was down. quick thinking helped firefighters overcome destroyed water mains in the area. imp employee mized stretching hose lines from another water