. >> in his apartment near the intersection, patrick murray has heard an explosion. >> i immediatelyame over to the balcony where i saw a lot of black smoke. i saw the vehicle on fire. i grabbed a camera to videotape it. >> at the same time, chris oxley is heading toward the intersection with his son in the car, on the way to a baseball game. >> we saw a big fireball in front of us, then smoke rising from the fireball. we had a mushroom cloud on top of that probably went two to three stories up. the whole road was on fire. my son was terrified about it, because he was asking me dad, do we have to go towards this, this is scaring me. >> but he hears steve shouting for help. so chris stops the car and jumps out, telling his son to stay in the car. >> somebody's life, you know, was probably in danger. >> i thought it was going to blow up so i was trying to get him out and get him as far away from the car as we could. >> the inside of the car was starting now to catch on fire, and we had trouble pulling the person out of the car. >> as they struggled, other good samaritans appear. >> som

murray is 27. nbc sportscaster dan patrick is 58.ate madeleine albright 77. >>> i'm richard lui with bill karins and the entire "early today" team, have a great day ahead. enjoy your thursday. >>> new this morning, a flaming semi truck slams into a funeral home sending two people to the hospital. >>> plus developing news out of san diego where more than half a dozen wildfires are burning out of control this morning. crews fighting through the night to gain control of the flames. the latest details there, coming up. >>> two men in jail this morning accused of hacking large parts off of california redwood trees and then selling them. how police managed to track those men down. >>> taking a live look outside this morning. a beautiful shot of the bay bridge. the water glistening there in the distance. this is "today in the bay." >>> well, good morning, everyone. 4:30 on this fine thursday, i