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Emmit, what's the nearest fire station

to Wilshire and Stanley?

What you looking at, Mike?

Mike? Mike, come in. What's going on?

Fire! Heavy! Underground and structural!

There's smoke coming from the Tar Pits

and something like meteors coming out.

Sounded like you said "meteors"?

Look out!

There's bombs. Emmit,

get hold of that geologist, Amy Barnes.

- You have Amy Barnes, Katie?

- Check again.

- No.

- We're looking. Nobody knows where she is.

Goddammit!

- Where are we?

- Power failure on all the lines.

Contact with the trains?

All but one. I think we got a problem.

Number four train westbound

on the Red Line at MacArthur Park.

Temperature on board

reached 20 degrees above normal.

It's still going up.

What d'you wanna do, Stan?

I'm going down there. Get a team together.

- What happened?

- Is everybody OK in here?

- How you doin'? What's happening?

- Fine. I think we had an earthquake.

- Earthquake?

- Yeah. You OK?

- What's causing the heat?

- I don't know.

- Hey, I'll help you.

- No. Stay where you are. Nobody move.

Why is it so hot in here?

- I'll try and open a door.

- I cannot breathe.

The damage is pretty widespread.

A number of fires are breaking out...

Refinery info's coming in. I got Marty on that.

Hyperion's got no damage.

We're still waiting on Tillman Reclamation.

Call DWP and stay on it.

Yes, Chief?

- Roark!

- No, Reese, sir.

- Where's Roark?

- He's on his way.

Gonna be delayed. My car's stuck

behind my gate cos we have no damn power!

Yeah, I got it. "No damn power".

Very good. Reese out.

Jerk.

- Lisa, get me a bottle and a half of aspirin...

- Staffis caughtin traffic due to the quake.

This is KNX, continuing

our live coverage of today's quake.

A situation's developing in Wilshire.

Our Bob Davis is there now,

reporting from his car. Bob?

Mitch, I'm approaching the scene now.

There's ash falling everywhere,

almost looks like a grey snow.

Several buildings are burning out of control.

It began a few minutes after the quake,

started by an undetermined source.

There was an explosion,

breaking windows, then flames.

Bob, could it be a ruptured gas line?

No. It sounded like something

just slammed into one of the buildings.

Calm down.

The fire department's on its way.

Put some pressure on that right away.

Emmit! It's a mess here. Can you hear me?

I need a traffic perimeter for three blocks

in every direction round Wilshire and Stanley.

OK, I'm on it, Mike.

17 is down. 17's engine is down.

Wilshire and Curzon. Wilshire and Curzon.

..several outbreaks of looting

following this morning's strong quake.

These pictures just coming in to the Channel

10 newsroom verify the looting is going on.

We are now hearing that the National Guard

has been activated and is on its way to LA...

Stay with me. You still with me?

It's gonna be OK.

We've got help on the way.

Don't move, sweetheart. You'll be safe here.

- You're leaving me here?

- No, just going over there.

I'll be right back.

You'll be able to see me the whole time.

If you get scared,

you honk that horn, OK?

- Mitch, I'm at the Tar Pits...

- Get outta here!

- Don't touch that man!

- Watch out!

Don't touch that man, ma'am.

The ambulances are on their way.

I'm a doctor. He has a skull fracture.

The other man has a compound structure.

Can you get him off the street

and see if there's anything

in that fire truck we could use as a splint.

There are fires right next to me here.

There's a man in the truck.

Help! Help!

Get me outta here!

Help!

It's getting harder and harder

to hear anything. The roar is constant.

It's loud. I can barely hear myself think.

There's steam going up from manholes

and all I hear is just this roaring sound...

Oh, my God!

Mitch...

Mitch, I don't know how to describe this,

but the Tar Pits are on fire

and are spilling out

on to Wilshire Boulevard.

It's coming right up out of the ground itself.

It's as if the tar caught fire,

melted and somehow expanded.

- The downed fire truck is still on its side,

- Help!

- injured firefighters in need of medical help.

- Hang on!

Rescue personnel are starting to arrive.

I know this sounds crazy, but it looks like

volcanic lava pouring onto the street.

Dad!

Kelly.

Ah!

Dad, hurry! My leg, it's burning!

Stay calm, don't panic.

We'll get you out of here. Come on.

- OK, baby, here we go. You're gonna be fine.

- Ah! Look out!

Dad, your feet!

Don't worry. Look, we're gonna jump.

All right?

Here we go.

We're gonna be fine. OK?

There seems to be a downed...

- It seems to be a fireman in the truck.

- Driver still inside! Somebody get him out!

Get me outta here!

I can't move! Help!

- Give me your arm! Your arm!

- Get me outta here! Get me outta here!

My God, two firemen just burned alive!

This is horrible... horrible!

Get those out!

They're dragging other firemen off the street

now in an effort to save their lives.

- Watch his left leg.

- Somebody give me a hand!

All the suffering and human carnage

alongside incredible bravery...

Pull back. Pull back.

We gotta get more units here.

Watch out for his leg.

This girl has a burn on her leg.

Can you help her, too?

I'm taking these men to Cedars.

You want me to take her, too?

Dad!

Don't worry, darling. You'll be OK.

Stay calm. Give me that telephone!

That was a large truck, and now it's just

a huge fireball burning out of control.

Emmit, we're at level one here.

I want you to have CHP close all off-ramps

on the 10 at La Brea, La Cienega, Fairfax

and bump that traffic perimeter

to ten blocks away from the Tar Pits.

- Got it. What...

- I will give details later,

just get it done!

Get some hoses

on those trees up there, fellas.

Turn the traffic round on Wilshire.

Back up, get outta here.

- You're OEM, right?

- Yeah.

You need to be here. She doesn't.

- She's my daughter.

- Yes.

This is a second-degree burn.

I'll take her to Cedars.

- Ow!

- It'll be fine, but it could get infected.

Here's my name and my pager number.

This is no place for her, you know it.

- Dad, we're going home, right?

- This is not a safe place for you to be.

- You need that leg taken care of.

- I wanna stay with you.

She got any allergies?

No. This lady's name is Dr Jaye Calder,

honey. She's a doctor. She's gonna help you.

Watch your feet there.

I want you to go with her. I'll talk to you

by phone as soon as you get to the hospital.

- There's my card.

- Please, you can't leave me.

Honey, you cannot be here and I have to stay.

- Why?

- Because it's my responsibility.

So am l.

Please, I promise I won't get in the way.

Just go.

Go!

- Go!

- Dad!

Dad!

- Hand me the radio. I really need it!

- No!

You guys got any radios?

We've gota lot ofconfusedpeople below us

running round terrified.

This man,...

well, I can't even guess where he's running.

I don't think so, Chief.

Why would Mike be running around?

- That's Mike Roark.

- Shut up! What?

No. I just talked to Michael. He was in the car.

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