Within seconds of the explosion, flames are shooting through the roof of the house. The boy wakes up and runs from his burning home. Once outside, he remembers his ailing mother and goes back in to save the woman. Deputy sheriff Jeff Hurt arrives within minutes, rushes into the small house next door and helps to get the kids and mother out. The duplex is an inferno.
Sparks carried by strong winds rain down on the neighborhood.
The fire department arrives and knocks down the flames. The Red Cross sets up an evacuation center at a church for neighbors driven from their homes. Willi Simmons, Lake Elsinore's crime prevention officer, arrives at the scene to help. As the day goes on, more people pitch in to help. There are a lot of angels in this town.