. >> channel 2 photographer nick sorens new york city son were near by when the fire turned from grass fire to confrontation. we were here until the last fire truck happened by us. jim riley told us to hop on and we did. the truck sped ahead and firefighters ordered frightened residents to evacuate. >> spread out, get out. >> chief riley would die a short time later trying to help a woman. >> anybody find riley. >> the evacuation was becoming tragic. but one was especially horrific. this is sharon cross road a street so many people came down with trying to escape the fire. it's also where more people died that day than any where else in the entire east bay hills. of the 25 people killed in the fire 11 lost their lives on sherry cross including john grobenski. he was trying to lead five people out on foot when the smoke and flames overtook them killing them all. sharon cross was only 13 feet wide in some places that's 7 feet narrower than what city codes called for. >> there were people who were trying to exit the fire area. there was the fire department trying to go in and make the sta