one of them was bill blevins.kful he's alive, what he saw will haunt him forever. >> and the dreams that i've had since i've been here, my god. i've burnt so many times in the fire. >> reporter: as his third- degree burns heal, bill blevins dreams are born out of a nightmare. blevins was spending the night at a friend's home when the camp fire tore through town. the only way out was straight through the flames. >> the car was actually on fire? >> yes. my car was was on fire. >> what were you thinking? >> what do we do? what's next? run back to the house. that's the only thing we could think. try to save the house. keep it from catching fire. if we can keep the house from catching fire, we might have a chance of surviving. >> reporter: he said running through the fire was the scariest moment of his life. >> what was the heat like? >> oh, intense. the flames burnt my face and my hands. the flames coming across the road were like a blow torch. >> reporter: they used garden homeses to fend off the flames. >> i was wat

i have no idea. >> reporter: bill blevins is hoping to latest hospital today. there are five other burn victims from the fire still here, one of them with burns to 50% of their body. reena. >> ninan: carter evans. carter, thank you so much. s rising gas prices fueled violent clashes in paris today between the police and protesters wearing yellow vests. protesters threw rocks and set fires, triggering that explosion. police responded with tear gas and water cannons. at least 20 people were hurt, dozens arrested. demonstrations have been staged across france this month over rising gas taxes aimed at reducing pollution. coming up, it's a retail revolution, and the robots are here. >> ninan: during this busy shopping season, you may notice that the retail experience is being revolutionized. stores are using technology to make it easier for shoppers to find, pay for, even pick up items that they're looking for. tony dokoupil checked it out. >> reporter: this walmart in rogers, arkansa, looks like the store you've been shopping at for years. well, almost. america's l

. >> reporter: bill blevins spoke to us from his hospital bed, still recovering from third-degree burns he suffered while trying to escape the camp fire. flames had surrounded the home he was visiting, and the only way out was to go through them. >> the car was actually on fire? >> yes. my car was actually on fire. >> what were you thinking? >> what do we do? what's next? run back to the house is the only thing we could think. try to get back to the house and save the house and keep it from catching fire. ve a chance of the surviving. >> reporter: he says running through the fire was the scariest moment of his life. >> what was like? >> intense. the flames burnt my face, my hands. the flames across the road were like a blow torch. i was watching all the homes around us just burn to the ground. then it set in, i'm burnt bad. the skin is melting off my hands. i said, "we're stuck in the middle of this fire, and we don't know if we have a way out. i don't know ever i'll ever see you again. i love you." >> reporter: despite the burned, blevins and his friends were able to keep the fire at b

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one was bill blevins, and while he's thankful he's alive, what he saw will haunt him forever. >> the dreams that i've had since i've been here, my god. i've burnt so many times in the fire. >> reporter: as his third degree burns heal, his dreams are born out of a my mayor. he was spending the night at a friend's home in paradise when a campfire tore through town. the only way out was straight through the flames. >> reporter: the car was on fire. >> yes, it was actually on. >> what were you thinking? >> what do you do? run back to the house and try to save the house and keep it from catching fire. if we can keep the house from catching fire, we might have a chance of surviving. >> reporter: he says running through the fire was the scariest moment of his life. what was the heat like? >> intense? the flames burnt my face, hands. the flames coming across the road were like a blowtorch. >> reporter: she usthey used ga hoses. >> nin it set in i'm burnt bad. skin is melting off my hands. i called my wife and told her, look, we're stranded and stuck in the middle of this fire and we have no