do i get the fire extinguisher. is it a big fire can i put it out. >> it would cover the area the size of a table. anything bigger or high are than your head it's too big for you to put out with an extinguisher. wait until everybody is out. it's best to work in pairs. make sure you are the last one out of the room. do not lock it. avoid smoke and gases. cover your mouth and nose with a towel or sheet or dry cloth. if you have a jacket, if there is a flame on the way out put clothes on or wrap yourself in a blanket the layer of clothing will give you protection. have an emergency plan for earthquakes and fires. elevators, a safe place to be? always take it is stairs. when you go down the stairs hang on to the hand rails you will have people bump into you. pay attention to the floors, you have fourth floor, third floor, in case the lights go out you know you have 3 more floors. people think, i will go to the bottom until it stops. let's say you have 2 floors of parking you are under ground. sometimes it's a fire escap

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one per floor for fire extinguishers. if you don't know how to use it we will talk about it in class number 2. you need a unification site. if you pick up the home phone and don't hear a dial tone, try again. make sure there is a land line hard wired to the -- not plugged in. if you can make a phone call you should call somewhere further away. if you have someone out of state that way they are not effected. who's okay, who's not, who has not called yet, that way you know who you are waiting for. after an earthquake or disaster if you know everyone in the family is safe you have no worries. if you work in the city and you live in the north bay, the bridge is down. make that phone call. your family is safe, you are safe. i can do more work helping the people in san francisco than trying to get back right away. your family knows you are okay and you could be rescuing the city. having a family plan. twice a year we say, change your batteries in your smoke detectors and replenish your supplies with new food. your spouses say w

we even ran in here and got our fire extinguisher.asn't enough. >> somehow, everyone at the diner escapes injury. >> imagine if you had a group of people walking into the restaurant on the sidewalk at that hour. it was just sickening to think what the consequences could have been. >> the driver of the mini van and the truck in the parking lot both suffer minor injuries. >> i felt so relieved at least that no one innocent was injured severely as a result of this person's total disregard for safety, for respect for other people on the roadways. >> the driver of the stolen vehicle dies at the scene. he's later identified through dental records as 20-year-old daniel dool of detroit who had a criminal record for stealing cars. the wild chase was one for the record books for the traffic team. >> i doubt i ever will forget this one. no. every time we fly up michigan avenue, i do think of it. i still know exactly where that diner is. >> coming up, a fighter jet is brought down by fancy flying. an oil tank erupts like a volcano. >> we're going

. >> every consumer should have a fire extinguisher. >> reporter: the repair is simple, quick and free. >> it is yet another blemish on toyota's reputation for quality. and what happened is during the 2000s toyota tried to become the number one car seller in

the floodwaters keeping them from getting close enough to extinguish the fire. firefighters say at this point there are no injuries. they hope that means these folks took the storm seriously and evacuated before sandy hit. abc news producer jim debrill is in breezy point and joins us live on the phone. jim, tell me what's going on out there. >> you know, i'm in a community of 4,200 homes out here. this is a community that lost the most people during 9/11, firefighters and cops, during 9/11. this community was hit horribly tonight. around 6:30, they lost power. then the water came rushing in. and many here expected there would be flooding, there would be loss of power. but then this fire just erupted on one of the walks out here. and went from walk to walk to walk. we were in a home and the fire was literally right across from us. and as this fire just spread, we evacuated not once, we waded our way to another home, and then realized that the parking lot we were next to, the cars literally started to blow up in that parking lot. so we had to leave there, we went

the driver tries a fire extinguisher, but the flames only grow bigger. thick, acrid smoke fills the mile-long tunnel as everyone inside runs for their lives. where there's smoke, there's fire. seconds later, the truck explodes. more than 100 firefighters respond to the disaster but there's little they can do besides let the fire burn itself out. missile parts litter the road. officials say the explosion is actually caused by the truck's gas tank rupturing, not the solid rocket fuel which burns up in the fire. fortunately, everyone inside the tunnel is able to make it out before the blast, and there are no casualties. >>> january 18th, 2011. a tv news cameraman's videotaping workers responding to a gas leak in the tacony neighborhood of philadelphia when all of a sudden, the ground erupts. >> all you see is just this flash of light and this giant plume of smoke just rocket up into the sky, followed shortly by fire and sparkles of light, and just debris falling all around. >> cameraman jeff nichols captures the yellow-orange fireball. the explosion blows d

do you have the tools and skills to extinguish a major fire? no, you don't. notify the erd, evacuate -- assist the fire department if we get there, but don't become a victim. smell of gas. what can you do as nerts? turn off the gas. and what are the 3 situations when you want to shut the gas off? smell the gas, something -- oh, yeah, wheels are spinning and major building collapse. muni -- overhead muni wire, flopping around. what can you did as nerts? always assume all electricity is live and hot. so what can you do as nerts? cordon off the area, tell people to stay back. small fires reported in the rear of a building, what can you do as nerts? if it's still burning that small fire is now a very large fire. so all you can do is really notify the erd, evacuate the area, assist the fire department. five buildings have suffered heavy damage -- heavy damage, kind of a clue there. three of the buildings have collapsed. what can you do as nerts? not quite nothing. would you go in to search a heavily damaged building? no. you will -- very good, notify erd, if there

it suppresses the heat and fire as they are doing right now to extinguish the fire. >> that is such all these demonstrations supporting fire safety. it is a free event with free parking down the street. take a shuttle to the thrill show. it is happening this saturday from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. >> the kitchen and appreciation of what they go through to fight a fire. could you feel the heat? >> oh, yes. you can feel it. >> thank you, ava. the thrill show. baltimore is getting lucky. most of the rain has been west of town. heavy rain in parts of the carroll county and montgomery county. this is moving from south to north. light rain on the west side of the beltway. i suspect the rain will catch up to everyone at one point today. a big storm system coming up from the east coast. plenty of rain to the south. this will be off and on but will be with us through this evening. we expect cloudy skies. we should make it into the mid 70's. we're starting out in the low to mid 60's. 65 at the airport. 59 in parkton. mostly cloudy skies today. off and on rain showers. high temperatures between

. >> it took firefighters almost two hours to extinguish the fire but the firefighters had a matter of seconds to get out. a woman tossed her 2-year-old and worrell's husband jumped out the window with his clothes engulfed in flames. >> he's in critical condition. >> but the extended family discovered who they could not account for and their fear and apprehension gave way to grief and frustration. >> everybody is thinking about why everybody can't get everybody out, like the last thing my grandmother said -- my grandmother was in the room with all the kids and nobody could get them out. >> firefighters discovered smoke alarms inside the home but there was no indication that they didn't work. >> they indicated they didn't hear any smoke alarms activate. >> reporter: you're looking at a live picture where members of the family still struggling with this, also a lot of friends, kids coming home from school. gathering in silent tribute. we understand the american red cross has stepped in to help survivors with food, shelter and therapy. fire investigators, while it's early, say they believ

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guys didn't do the trick, chris burst out of bed, ran out onto the balcony, grabbed a water fire extinguisher them have it. he seemed much less angry when he came into the room and particularly pleased when the guys that he drenched came running up the stairs yelling my name. [ laughter] ambassador stevens did not correct the record. i feel this is a rare example of a failed diplomatic effort on his part. [ laughter] >> he did seem to sleep remarkably well after that, however. another topic a propos with chris is his relationship with material things. he didn't care about things, accept to the extend they were a means to an end. providing access to people, places, culture and activities he wanted to participate in. i wanted to mention a couple of examples from the uc berkeley archives in that regard. his typewriter. chris arrived at cal with a beautiful, fancy electric typewriter, a covetted object in that prelaptop and prepc era. chris decided that beautiful machine was too bulky and didn't like being tethered to an electrical outlet. one day he traded it for a little olivetti manual. he was

vallejo fire department responded and quickly extinguished it. then officers uncovered a gruesome twist after following a trail of blood. >> they went around the back of the house to check and they usually found three pets that were slaughtered in the backyard >> while investigators still don't know what led to this late night violent rampage, one maybe tells me he thinks it was a lovers quarrel gone too far. he said the two men were a couple and that he had heard them fight at times, but he never would have expected this. >> a bit disconcerting. but what are you going to do? >> courtney thomas owns the home where the couple lives. noting their love of collecting gold mercedes cars, gardening and refurbishing antiques for resale. >> they were great. they were here for a little over two years, took care of the house. i had no comp plains. they took care of the yard. and they were just normal people. >> in vallejo, abc7 news. >> a couple of important court cases will begin different phases tomorrow. in oakland the jury begins their first day of del

my hope, my heart extinguishing as you stood there paralyzed each time like a still camera unable to look away. infraction. if my love were smooth and lustrous would you spit me open and fill me up again. would you kiss the scar you made of me name it and claim me like a mountain. bear witness to holiness where 2 rocks collide. if my was unpenetrable and clear would you search your whole life destroying me just to hold me to the light? i am listening you like rain that slips through fingers missing you like childhood dreams and mother's mill ik. like an earing under a bed. links of moon that pass. with years reflected in glass. the silver seams behind eyes. if you happen to find my love hidden in the openal of your memory, would you return my uncertainty? my last poem, i'd like to dedicate to all the people who have ever lost someone that they love. and as nancy said you get to a certain age and people start passing away. and it's kind of bizarre when you lose a parent and realize you are a member of some strange society where no one understands how you feel. i want to say this is so

he grabbed a fire extinguisher and ran into the burning house. jackie bensen reports he may have saved a sleeping toddler's life. >> reporter: the pepco employees credit good training for the way they reacted. >> i set the fire extinguisher ran. i couldn't see anything. this whole area was full of smoke. >> reporter: 19-year-old pepco lineman ryan callahan was part of a crew upgrading electricity to a home under renovation on ritchie marlboro road when he noticed smoke. >> it was pretty bad. the smoke was very thick. going into the kitchen area, you couldn't see anything. all i saw was the flame. i put it out. we came back and i saw the flame getting bigger. >> reporter: others ran to alert the homeowner who had walked her 7 and 9-year-olds to the end of the driveway to put them on the school bus. she began sprinting to the house knowing her son asher was still sleeping in an upstairs room. >> i came back running, because this one was in the room. i had to make sure he was fine. >> reporter: prince george's county fire officials say given the hom

. >> but he said the fire extinguisher did not work. >> at that point, it set off the fire alarm and started getting people out of the bill and. >> investigators believe an unattended space heater melted some incombustible. >> i found the apartment blazon. >> this passer-by and another man alerted people. >> he is a first responder bureau. i.n.d. second. >> despite the destruction everybody got home alive, to the relief of presidents and the good samaritan who help them out of harm's way. mporary housing for those who were displaced. we should point out this is certainly a reminder on the danger of heating appliances when they are not closely monitored. we are living in prince george's county, abc 7 news. >> thank you for the latest. we are sure to get a break in cooler weather today but changes are aheadant to keep that umbrella handy. let's get a "first look with steve ruan. >> as you step out the door tomorrow morning, make sure you have an umbrella on hand. more than likely you'll need it. look at our satellite -- not a lot going on, just a few showers popping up across extreme w

one business was threatened, but firefighters extinguished the fire. fans were participating in an unlawful assembly and told to leave the area. we saw officers make several arrests. some mission district resident said the party got quickly out of hand. >> it was fun at first. it's fun in the beginning. but, you know, the reason that i left the chaos was because a friend of mine was hit in the face with a beer can. and that's when it was just too wild. >> people should not tear up city they love so much. why would the giants want to win again if this is what we do to show our appreciation? >> reporter: one mission resident was so frustrated with tipped-over trash can she is came to clean out part of the mess in front of her apartment building. departments of works crews cleaned out the trash and made a lot of progress because this street was much, much messier than it is right now. they're extinguishing fires in some dumpster that flared up and continued to smolder for hours. now, we arrived at 1:00 this morning and drove around the mission district. w

similar viewpoints on the country's gravest threats like a war torn syria, president obama tried to extinguish himself by ending the war in iraq. here's what he had to say. >> what i would not have done is left 10,000 troops in iraq tie us down. that would not help nus the middle east. >> but what the president isn't telling you is he spent months no 2010 and 2011. the deal fell apart over questions of immunity. the claim is misleading if not a lie. his plans for beefing up the u.s. military and how the spending would affect our deficit. he's been balancing budget and working across the aisle. >> i had the chance to be governor of state four years in a row. cut taxes 19 times and balanced our budget. and governor romney did balance the budget when he served in massachusetts. there's a footnote here. rather than a sweeping gesture of bipartisan cooperation, it was actually state law. the signature bipartisan achievement, hez tenure of government with health care law, he vetoed eight provisions in the original bill, all overturned by the legislature that he was overturning. >>> election day is n

. >> as soon as i see smoke coming out, i went and got a fire extinguisher, i kicked the door out, there was a couch on fire. >> but it was too much and at that time they worked in tandem sounding the alarms and rousing residents. >> we made sure all the people were out. one lady had to get off the third floor. >> they were coming out with no clothes on. i had to change shirts so i could give a little girl my shirt. you know, but we saved a lot of lives today. >> reporter: another house in sunniside heavy damaged by a fire believed to have started in the furnace. >> we try to remind everybody before the winter season gets into full effect and everybody is using their furnaces for the first time or full time, to have them checked by a certified technician to come out and make sure they're in good working order. >> reporter: space heaters need to be three feet away from anything that will burn and fireplace chimneys should be checked and cleaned. obstructions and kre society bltup can lead to fires. eight families are homeless. >> fire officials say it's also very important to have a co de

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you can see, it was extinguished as quickly as it began. spontaneous combustion. >> a flash. >> and the flash was on her face. not on what he was holding. it was on her face. watch this again. >> are you kidding me? >> of course, everyone in the room quickly comes to this woman's aid. >> i can't even think of a possibility of what this could have been. some sort of old aerosol can or something? >> or the mixture of the chemicals? >> it's terrifying, right? because it happened so quickly. your face -- flammable. >> not like this was sun kind of cool makeup trick. this isn't how you get smoky eye. >> i'll have the smoky eye and the flambe, please. >> you don't see anyone smoking or anyone with anything that everybody aen looks like a lighter. >>> a little brainwashing makes our countdown today at number eight. >> are are in control of our own minds or can our minds be overridden? does hypnosis work? there's a show on discovery channel called "curiosity" and an episode coming up called brainwashinng t experiment that never been tried before. >

>> it was difficult to extinguish because of the partial collapse.he hidden spaces were embers were still burning. we will be on the scene all morning. >> and as far as the people that were escape to the woman from the wheelchair is she okay? >> those five occupants were cared for by the american red cross. and they are at a local hotel for shelter. we are working with the red cross. >> thank you. >> darya this is blocked off, completely cured for a while, ashleyy was also blocked off but did not want this to be a traffic hazard. this is one block away from college/ ashbey you can see these homes and trees. there is so much brush and there is a concern that they did not want this to spread. and i will be sticking around here for most of this morning. just to make sure that the hot spots are turned off. >> thank you, and yuli. >> let us to the quick check of weather & traffic erica? >> good morning, james. it looks like that heat is moving out of our area. the warmest areas will be in the 90's. yesterday, we set records but today temperatures are in t

it took crews nearly four hours to extinguish the blaze. now, investigators are trying to figure out exactly what caused that fire. >>> and a sports note. miguel cabrera of the detroit tigers is baseball's first triple crown winner since 1967. that means he led the american league in batting average, home runs and runs batted in or rbis. he's just the 15th major leaguer to win the triple crown title. some of the others, some pretty good company. mickey mantle, ted williams, ty cobb. a remarkable achievement. congratulations and kudos to miguel cabrera. >>> time, now, for a look at weather across the country. an early winter storm from north dakota to northern minnesota, with some areas getting up to a foot of snow, getting towards that time of year again. here we go. also, rain could be heavy at times in the northeast, around boston, new york, philly and d.c. showers and thunderstorms from wilmington, north carolina, down to miami. mostly dry for the rest of the country. >> get out the winter coats for the kids. need to wash them. atlanta 8

. >> due to the high piled storage and contents of the building the extinguishment of the fire was -- took a long time and was very difficult. >> a precautionary evacuation was issued at a 24-hour fitness club next door. firefighters say the club wasn't damaged, there were no injuries. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> today marks seven months since morgan hill teenager sierra lamar disappeared. the 15-year-old vanished on her way to school. days later her cell phone, purse and some clothing were found near her home. investigators believe sierra is dead and angel garcia torres charged with her kidnapping and killing. tonight her family will gather in freemont for a fundraiser starting at 5:00, ken yama restaurant. >>> more shooting investigations are now underway. several shootings yesterday left six people wounded in about six hours. the latest happened just last night after 9:45. police say two men were walking out of a liquor store near brookdale and coolidge when they were shot. one of the victims is said to be in critical condition. police are also investiga

. >> you see something coming in with a fire extinguisher. they seem to get the flames under control to a degree before this video ends. >>> when you think of a beach and rio de janeiro you're probably thinking -- you almost never think that it's could possibly be a battleground. like this. this is a full-on brawl between the police and beachgoers. apparently the way they started man-handling one of these people caused everyone else that saw it to get really upset and it got really crazy. people are throwing coconuts. people are throwing the lounge chairs. >> they're on the beach having fun. how are they fighting like this? >> it's not like they're on the jersey shore. >> i sees they as an opportunity. beach clears. everyone else is interested in fighting. i'm interested in -- >> you throw your chair? you have nowhere to sit. >> have you noticed, they managed to get the police to go back on to the boardwalk. >> there are several videos of this brawl. this is another angle. again, you do see the beach chair, the coconuts. everything is just fl

it only took about 15 minutes to extinguish this fire.le going through the house that is when they found the body. they do not even know if he tried to make it out of the house. they are hoping for the best scenario however they are still collecting evidence. the corn roner is still collecting evidence. >> quite a mystery, thank- you. >> new this morning a 15 year-old petaluma girl is missing. investigators are asking for your help. mendoza was seen getting into a car near a washington square shopping center. lilario ... this c page backtan car.... was last seen at the washington square shopping center. she was seen entering the car. if anybody has seen anything you are asked to call petaluma police. >> the first human case of west nile in livermore. health officials are not going to release him permission because of patient confidentiality. they learned of this late last night. and they discovered that perhaps it was not in livermore he could have been infected some more calls. >> the person that travel history in the central valley. we'

. >> next week apple is introducing what i'll call the amazon fire extinguisher.ant to be long amazon. put spreads in november. >> i agree with scott. the market was down today but flat week over week. you still have an unt to hedge. >> i like the puts in u.p.s. ahead earnings. >> great stuff guys. >> it looks like our time has expired. i'm mandy drury sitting in for melissa lee. for more, go to optionsactions.cnbc.com. see you next friday. 5 pm eastern. and you don't want to miss it with thinkorswim by td ameritrade. you get knock-your-socks-off tools, simple one-click orders, real-time paper trading to hone your skills, plus anytime you need it support. ♪ stocks, options, futures, and forex. get your trading on track. thinkorswim by td ameritrade. trade commission free for 60 days, plus get up to $600 when you open an account.

. >> i sat the fire extinguisher down. i couldn't see anything. this whole area was full of smoke. >> they're really a god send because i don't know what would have happened. >> firefighters are still trying to figure out exactly how that fire started, but the mother says she may have left the stove on while trying to get the kids off to school. >>> this morning, a fredericksburg, virginia, man is facing charges for allegedly firing a bullet into a neighbor's apartment. it's a story you'll see only on news4. police say alexander ferguson shot a gun into greg gibson's master bedroom early yesterday morning. no one was hurt. gibson said he did not even notice it until his 5-year-old son found the bullet hole in the wall. the bullet was lodged into the side of a dresser. police ended up searching ferguson's apartment. >> there were clear totes that came out. >> police seized four firearms from ferguson's apartment. he was arrested and charged. it's not clear what ferguson was doing when the gun went off. >>> deputies trying to learn more about a man

is it a rescue situation and if it's a fire, do you have the resources to control or extinguish that fire? how about your situation, do you have all your people? do you have all the resources that you need? have you collected all the material that you need if you are going to start doing a lifting exercise because someone is trapped? because you never start a rescue, you never start a lifting exercise, never start anything, unless you know you are going to be able to finish it, have enough of the resources to do it. and do you have the right equipment? you need specialized equipment? do you have access to that?

the middle of the event that one set ninety three saying that any hope of a comeback was quickly extinguished thirty seconds late as a ball should be completed great wrap things up with an end to last year's runners up and i won eleven that. plavix on the last to hear it go. to when i should be public that's also how the press the film sinks into the gangs but they go into a system that brings to an end we continue to take shell same since that time not to look back at the existing action. the better. thank you. right goals now another new sebastian vettel has strengthened his grip on the formula one championship the red bull man winning the india graham pray for his fourth victory in a row he led from the start to the finish and took the checkered flag almost ten seconds ahead of nearest rival fernando alonso i respond it is also i like being behind in the driver's championship and is now thirteen points off better with three races that and seventy five points available credible teammate mark webber completed the pride of india. the san francisco giants have won the second by spall world. se

. >> the stubborn fire fueled by propane refused to be extinguished until callahan and the crew stepped in to turn everything off. the homeowner is thankful the crew was there and her family wasn't hurt. >> heros and god sent them at the right time. i don't know what would have happened if they didn't come, because i was by myself and the kids. >> the hero says the child's mother, is a hero, too. >> i think the mother is a hero, running in the house, not knowing what was going on. she got her son. >> audrey barnes, fox 5 news. >>> a new report shows more people across the country are falling victim to a certain type of crime. it may cost you more to open a bottle of wine this winter. will thomas

breezy point, queens, a massive fire now extinguished destroyed at least 80 homes. on long island, home video caught this amazing sight when a giant tree was uprooted during the height of the storm. now, of course, the biggest headache for most of the new yorkers here are power outages. we are told by con ed the original predictions are further. for people in manhattan and brooklyn it looks to be four or five days before they could have power. live in lower manhattan, veneta n air, cbs 5. >>> sandy has flooded one of the nation's busiest airports. the runways and taxiways at laguardia like like a beach. all three airports in new york city are shut down leading to thousands of canceled flightses across the country. ken bastida is live in mobile5 at sfo where travelers on this coast are feeling the impacts of sandy. >> reporter: we ran into a guy at the airport, chris, and he tells me that his parents are in trouble. i mean, they have flooding in their basement. he has trees down in the yard. he can't get home to help them. he can't get a flight out. >> i have been he