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which is said to have injured

a number of city workers, some seriously.

- Rescue crews are responding at the site...

- Oh, God.

- What are you doing here?

- Got a call. Said Public Works lost 7 guys.

Freak accident on a storm drain job.

They hit a steam pocket and got scalded.

No fires, no explosions, no continuing threat.

We'll copy you on a report.

Steam did that?

Yeah.

Where's the survivor?

He's at Saint V's right now.

Critical, last time I checked,

but I'd like to notify the families before they

hear about it on Geraldo, ifyou don't mind.

Mind if I have a look for myself?

Roark,... we'll copy.

- Mike! Mike!

- OK?

Stan! Get over here.

I wanna show you something.

How's the choo-choo behaving?

All right. This is where your problem is.

Was.

This... is your Red Line tunnel.

OK.

What I wanna do is shut down this section

just as a precaution until we know.

Why should we look bad

because DWP blew some pipes out?

Nothing blew down there, Olber.

They hit a steam pocket.

- Steam?

- Yeah.

The tunnel walls are five feet of concrete.

Where's the threat to my trains?

Mine.

- Can we wrap this up?

- Maybe the earthquake tore something out.

- Sh*t.

- Let's find out before we...

You're only happy declaring an emergency!

No, I actually enjoy motor sports, music

and the company of close friends,... sir.

30,000 people think they're taking the train

home tonight. What am I supposed to do?

Put on extra buses.

It's his mess. Let him take the sh*t for it.

..all around me

I can see rescue workers and body bags.

This is an awful tragedy for the families of

the workers who perishedhere this morning.

..intersection of7th andAlvarado.

Bodies are spread across the sidewalks.

We're told one worker did survive,

but his identity has not been released yet.

- 170 over 105.

- Let's give him some more morphine.

- Start another line of ringers.

- Let's cut away his burnt clothing.

Fran, look.

Steam doesn't char clothing like this.

This is a flame burn.

Methane?

No.

Something else.

The trouble was not caused by steam,

which, if you'll recall from our briefing

this morning, was our position all along.

This is such a bad idea, Mike.

This isn't OEM. This is DWP's show.

- I wanna know what's in that hole.

- Let Public Works send a crew in.

I can't wait three days for a report.

Can you, Gator?

- Hell, no.

- OK, let's go.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

7, 8, 9

I'm the one that praised the land...

This is Emmit Reese.

Emmit Reese to Ground Control.

Los Angeles, do you copy?

Yeah, we copy. It's hot as hell down here.

You all right?

Great!

Is it too late to switch jobs with Emmit?

He doesn't want your job.

He wants mine, Gator.

Yes, and a company car, Mike.

Don't forget that.

- OK, we're coming up... Whoa!

- Look at that. A rat!

OK, we're coming up on the storm drain now.

This is where those guys died.

Seven guys right here.

Must have died in a hurry.

Let's have a look.

Go on.

- Emmit Reese.

- Roark! Roark, is that you? Roark!

- Mike, it's Chief Sindelar on the line.

- Take a message.

You want me to tell the Chief of Police

I gotta take a message?

Yeah.

Tell him, uh... I'm slightly busy right now.

That's the issue he wants to discuss with you.

What's he doing!

Public Works is sending a crewin.

Those guys are idiots. He knows that.

Mike felt this was too time-sensitive to wait.

Tell him we've got procedures.

He's not in Kansas anymore!

- You're notin Kansas anymore, Michael.

- St Louis. I'm not in St Louis.

- St Louis. He's not in St Louis.

- I don't give a sh*t where he's not!

- He has a desk now! That's where he works!

- You have a desk. That's where you work.

Got a reading here.

There is a steam vent.

Water and Power had it right.

Steam's coming up

through a crack in the concrete.

Tremendous heat!

Aftershock!?

No. Subway. We're right up against it.

- Mike?

- What's going on?

Hold on one minute, sir. Mike!

Wait a minute. I can't hear you.

Mike, I lost you. You there?

Look at those rats! They're cooked!

Damn, Gator! I'm cooked, too.

So are you. Emmit, this is no good.

Let's get outta here!

What the hell's going on?

Hah! Sh*t!

Get LAPD to clear everybody

out of this park. You all right?

Call Olber

before we lose a coupla trains down there.

Close off everything in this sector, gas lines...

Mike, what's going on?

Big jet of gas coming up outta that tube.

Sparks, hot as hell.

He ain't lying.

Find me a scientist! Somebody

that can tell me what the hell is going on!

Got it.

Situated on Wilshire Boulevard's

famous Museum Row,

the La Brea Tar Pits are one of the

LA Basin's most active geological features.

Here for the past 40,000 years

a deep fissure in the Earth's crust

has allowed oily tar and methane to bubble

up to the surface from far underground.

Evidence of the ceaseless activity

below our very feet.

The 22-storey Beverly Heights

apartment building will open on schedule

in spite of construction delays.

That's the word

from developer Norman Calder.

Many see the new land mark tower

as a sign the LA economy's on the rebound.

Now here's Jere Laird

with the rest of the business news.

Wow.

So?

I think I married a genius.

Three years, four banks, $100 million,

but the doors are open.

I am so proud of you, honey.

You never gave up.

You didn't let me.

Here's how I see our future.

We move into this penthouse,

and then you transfer to Cedars,

which is right down the block.

Norman,...

I don't want my wife treating gunshot

wounds. I want her treating tennis elbows.

Right. Finished?

Hardly. This is only the beginning.

- I can't believe he got a baby-sitter.

- Yeah, well, I'm doing him a favour.

A big favour. I'm gonna miss my class.

Hello?

Mike!

Oh, fine. A perfect little ray of sunshine

like I was after my parents separated.

Every couple of minutes her head comes

off her shoulders, rotates 360 degrees,

then she starts watching TV again.

It's been hours.

Well, we've got a situation here.

I'll come home as soon as I can.

We'll go to OJ's house,

then the Beverly Center, right?

- I thought we said Disneyland.

- We talked about getting my nose pierced.

Not in this life, baby.

I'll be home soon. What can I do for you?

- I'm getting my nose pierced.

- It's a nice look, especially when you sneeze.

You can't do this!

What?! You're talking about 10,000 customers

with no cooking and no heat.

- Gas will be restored once it's safe.

- When?

You're talking about

sending a crew to every house

to turn on every damn pilot.

This could take weeks, if not more.

Excuse me just one second, please.

- Having fun yet?

- I'm starting to miss the Mississippi.

- The mud, floods?

- Mike, you have a call on your private line.

That'll be my girl wanting a tattoo.

Help me with this guy.

- How you doing? Oh, Wendy.

- Why did you leave Kelly alone?

- Pulling one of your usual stunts.

- What? It was an earthquake.

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