[wind whistling]
- [leaves rustling] - [trees creaking]
[electricity humming]
[birds chirping]
[students chattering]
[bus driver] Stay seated.
Don't do that please. Give it up. Thank you.
[brakes squealing]
See you.
- [student] Thank you. - You're welcome. Have a good day.
963 to Base.
Clifton Road dropped. Over.
[dispatcher] Copy that, 963.
[chattering continues]
[students chanting] Fight! Fight!
Bye. Thanks.
You're welcome.
[door closes]
[engine revs]
[student laughs]
Hey. Quit messing with the windows please.
963 to Base.
All kids dropped. Over.
[dispatcher] Copy that, 963.
[reporter] Meanwhile, the Mavericks broke their losing streak
with a resounding win over the Wizards, 119-100.
Weather today, sunny, dry and windy.
Still no sign of an end to this record dry spell.
Day 210 without a drop of rain.
And don't forget,
there's a Red Flag Wildfire Warning in effect for Butte County
and surrounding areas through Friday,
with the possibility of electrical shutoffs.
Looking ahead, you guessed it, even more dry and windy weather
in store tomorrow with gusts anywhere from 60 to 80 miles per hour.
In local news, after going eight--
Hey, what do I need for Billie Park? Who can I get?
[worker] Try 190.
Great.
- This is Base. You there, Mack? - What do you need?
Yeah. Can you do the Billie Park pickup today? Phil's bailed.
- [Mack] No problem, Chief. - Thank you so much.
Base clear. Hey, Kevin.
- Yeah? - Got those time sheets for me?
[inhales deeply] No. I'll, uh… I'll make sure to bring 'em in tomorrow.
Okay. And the foreman says you're behind on maintenance.
That's your responsibility.
- Yeah? - Copy that.
[Ruby] Hi there. This is Ruby at the Unified Transportation District.
Yeah.
[Kevin clears throat] Hey, boss.
Yeah. Just a sec.
Hey there. It's Ruby down at the bus yard.
Uh, I was just wondering if you knew anything about the PG&E shutoffs.
We got a Red Flag Warning, so I just need to know if the schools are gonna close.
Yeah, I'll hold.
- What's up? Mmm. - About those additional shifts.
Um… [stammers] …I could sure use the extra this month.
Uh, I've got my dad's medical bills. I'm taking care of my mom.
My ex is home.
Uh, so it's a bit of a sticky time.
Yeah, I just don't have anything for you, Kevin.
[stammers] Well, boss, when I signed up, you said…
I said maybe, yeah?
And people that have been here longer, the guys that have seniority,
- they get first pick of overtime shifts. - Hey, buddy. Hurry it up.
- [Kevin] Mind your business, old man. - [Ruby] Hey.
If anything comes up, I'll let you know.
Do you copy?
Copy.
- I'm not staying on the line. - [handset settles in cradle]
Richard, I am so sorry.
[Richard] It's okay.
["Broken Halos" playing on radio]
[seat belt clicks]
[radio turns off]
[phone ringing]
[sighs]
- Yeah. - [on phone] Hey, Kevin. It's Dr. Everett.
We got Elvis's X-rays back.
- Bad news, I'm afraid. - [sighs]
- His cancer has spread. - [sighs]
I think it's time.
[Kevin] All right, doc. I'll… I'll bring him by tonight. Thank you.
[softly] Hey, bud. How you doing?
Come here. Come here, buddy.
Come here.
Come here. Come here, come here, come here.
Hop up.
- I got ya. I got ya. I got ya. - [Elvis whines]
[groans]
[exhales deeply] You want a burger for dinner, buddy?
Huh?
[whispering] I got you, buddy.
[chattering on TV]
- Hey, Ma. - Hey, Kevin.
- There you go, buddy. - [Elvis whines]
There you go.
Shaun's home.
- [Kevin] Home? - [mother] He said he was sick.
And you believed him?
All I need is the school board on my ass now.
[mother] You okay?
Struggling, Ma.
I can't seem to catch a break.
[mother] So, what, back to Reno?
[Kevin] No.
I just…
I just can't make it here.
Well, you know your dad did.
[Kevin] Yeah. Well, I'm not him, remember?
[footsteps approaching]
School's important, bud.
[Shaun] Wasn't important to you.
[shushes]
Lay down.
Buddy… [stammers] …that's different.
- [Shaun] Dropped out, yeah? - [Kevin sighing] Yeah. I did.
We got pregnant. I ha… I had to.
- So it's my fault then? - No.
[chuckles] It's not your fault, bud.
[stammers] I just… I don't want you making my mistakes.
That… Tha-That's all.
Come on. U-Unpack your bags. Put your stuff in a proper drawer.
I'm off this Saturday.
You and I can do something this weekend.
I'm good.
I don't feel well.
Talk to me, buddy.
Talk to me.
[rock music playing on speaker]
You think I wanna be here? Huh?
You think I wanna be here taking care of your grandma?
All right. But you… Don't…
Hey. Listen to me. I don't have a choice. You do.
Dad, it's not fair that I have to change my life.
Grow up!
Wait till you gotta pay bills!
Wait till you got a job that's a dead-end motherfucker,
that doesn't pay, and you can't quit.
You know what it's like to not have some pity party?
You know what it's like not
- to have something to look forward to? - Yeah, I do.
- Well, how the fuck do you know? - I know because of you.
[music continues]
This is my fault now?
Of course it's not, Dad.
Never is.
You know, I fucking hate you.
I wish you were dead!
[dog whimpers]
[exhales deeply]
Okay, buddy.
[Elvis whines]
- Good boy. - [veterinarian] You had him long?
Since he was a puppy.
- [veterinarian] Do you wanna hold him? - [Kevin] Yeah.
It's okay, buddy.
[sighs] It's okay, buddy.
It's okay.
[whispers] It's okay, buddy.
[wind whistling]
[metal creaking]
[electricity humming]
[clattering, creaking]
[reporter] …weather now, and it's another dry and windy day
in Paradise with gusts in the canyon up to 80 miles per hour.
That Red Flag Wildfire Warning is still in effect, so be careful out there,
and be sure to report any signs of smoke or fire immediately.
Looking at tomorrow--
[wind whistling]
[Ruby] Hey, guys. We got a couple of downed trees
in these winds on Roe Road.
That's Roe Road, so just… Watch out for power lines too.
All right. Base out.
- Hey, Kevin. - Hey, boss.
[Ruby] Mechanic's in this morning,
so I want you to get 963 serviced when you get back.
Well past three K limit.
I want you to stick around, watch him do his checks.
It's gonna take a couple hours, but it's stuff you gotta know.
- All right? - Copy that, boss.
There's yesterday's time sheet.
Thank you, sir.
Pleasure doing business.
[door opens]
[engine starts]
- [dispatcher] Fire and Rescue. - [driver] Yeah. Hey.
I'm out on Highway 70 by the Pulga Bridge.
Looks like some sort of a grass fire on the west side of the canyon,
and it's really blowing out here.
Okay. Highway 70 near Pulga Bridge.
Hold on one moment for me, sir.
- [chattering on radio] - [typing]
Okay, I think I see what you're seeing.
Uh, thank you for the report. We will get the fire department on the way, okay?
[firefighter] He's got… He's got arms the size of your thighs.
He's-He's like this.
[firefighters laughing]
[alarm blares]
[dispatcher] Jarbo Gap. Vegetation fire.
Engine 2161, Engine 2176, reported vegetation fire
at Highway 70 near the Pulga Bridge.
Please respond.
Oroville, Engine 2161, Engine 2176 responding.
[chattering]
[firefighter 1] Up, Simbas! Let's go, we got work…
Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
[firefighter 2] Five more minutes, I'd have breakfast.
[engine starts]
[siren wailing]
[students chattering]
- [student] Good Morning. - Morning.
- [student 2] Good Morning. - [student 3] Morning.
- [siren wailing] - [chattering on radio]
Okay. Come on. Clear.
[siren wailing]
It's gotta be a failed cable. Right underneath those towers.
You know, getting to it is gonna be the problem.
What about there?
Can we even get our rigs in there?
It's tight, but let's give it a shot.
All right. Let's back 'em up!
- [firefighter 1] Let's move. - [firefighter 2] Go.
[phone ringing]
[Kevin] Can't talk right now, Ma. I'll call you right back.
- [door opens] - Okay. Let's go. Go.
[student 1] See you later.
- [student 2] Thank you. - Bye.
- [student 3] Thank you. - [student 4] Bye.
- [ringing continues] - [student 5] Uh-huh, see ya.
- [student 6] Thank you. Have a great day. - Have a good day.
[firefighter] Watch out on this side. The road can't take the weight.
Yeah, I see that.
2176, 2161.
Just be careful on the right. Looks a little shaky.
Copy that, cap.
[wind whistling]
[captain] All right. Heavy smoke ahead.
[firefighter 2] Don't know about this.
[captain] Let's stick with it.
Let's knock this thing out before it becomes something.
[grunts] Geez.
[phone ringing]
Yeah, Ma.
[on phone] I've been trying to get a hold of you.
Shaun's throwing up.
He's really not well.
Shit.
Um, does he have a fever?
I don't know. He's in the bathroom.
[Ruby] 963, Base calling. Do you read?
Ha-Hang on a second, Ma.
Uh, Base, this is 963.
[Ruby] Have you completed drop-off yet?
[Kevin] Yes, boss. Drop-off complete.
[Ruby] Bring her on in then. The mechanic's waiting for you.
Okay. Just need to fuel up first.
You're meant to do that before pickup, 963.
[Kevin] Copy that, boss. Doing the best I can.
I will be in as soon as I fuel up, okay?
963 out.
Yeah, Ma. Uh, did you, uh, take his temperature?
[mother] I'm looking for the thermometer.
It should be in the first aid kit. Um…
It's not there.
[Kevin] How about under the kitchen sink? Try there, Ma.
I've gotta pull in to fuel up.
- I'll call you right back, okay? - [mother] Okay.
[Kevin] Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
[inhales sharply] Come on.
All right, I-I got it. I got it.
- Oroville, Engine 2161. - [dispatcher] Oroville.
I got a visual.
Blowing southwest under the power lines.
Gotta be about 100 acres.
Hey, I don't know about this. We don't have an escape route.
[captain] We're close. Let's stick with it.
[firefighter] Look at it, cap. There's no way we're getting up there.
[captain grunts]
We gotta turn around.
Let's find an alternative strike point.
This route's no good.
Cap, come on.
Okay.
Oroville, Engine 2161.
[dispatcher] 2161, Oroville. Copy.
We can't reach it down here. It's too dangerous.
We're gonna head back up the ridge and see if we can find a new strike point.
[dispatcher] Copy that. ICP is being established at Scooter's on Highway 70.
Resources are out.
[horn honks]
Come on.
Let's go!
[dispatcher] For Division 2102,
Engine 2186, Engine 2182, Engine 2162,
Transport 2140, Transport 2142. Butte crew 1, Butte crew 2, Butte crew 3,
vegetation fire reported in the area of Camp Creek Road.
Respond to staging at Scooter's on Highway 70.
[officer] Yes, keep it coming.
[siren wailing]
[chattering]
- Okay, what have we got? - [firefighter] Okay.
Fire started about right here, all right?
We think it's about two to three hundred acres, so it's sitting about like that.
A really strong east wind pushed it down canyon.
The Jarbo Gap engines tried to make access across Camp Creek Road.
They couldn't do it. Just got too narrow, too steep.
They backed out.
They are now coming up over the ridge,
and they're trying to make access down from the top.
Have any other engines deployed?
Yeah. [stammers] We got five additional strike teams en route.
[chief] Copy that. Any communities threatened?
Yeah. We got Pulga a mile west.
This is an old gold rush post. It's uninhabited.
And then we got Concow.
Okay, so this is a good couple miles away. It's well clear of the fire.
Uh, trailers and cabins mostly. Eight hundred people.
Retirees & homesteaders, that kind of thing.
[chief] Let's issue an evac warning just in case.
- [firefighter 2] Okay. - [chief] What about Paradise?
[firefighter 1] Chief, it's eight miles away on the other side of the canyon.
Population's about 27,000.
I don't think it's an issue. They should be fine.
[phone ringing]
- Yeah. - [mother] Uh…
- Huh? - One.
- One what? - Uh… [stammers] …11.
No. No, no, no. Look, it can't be 111. No, that's impossible.
If it was 111, he'd be dead.
- Pump 1. - Pump number?
[mother] I can't read these numbers. They're so tiny.
[Kevin] Have Shaun read it for you.
- [mother] He's, uh… - Shaun, are you there?
- …101. - Shaun, get on the phone, will ya?
So, he-he's got a temperature. He doesn't want to talk, Kevin.
He-he says he'll speak to you later.
- He probably just needs his mom. - I'm sure he does need his mom, huh?
- He's sick, but he's here with his dad. - [fire truck horn blares]
He's got me, and he's got you.
Listen, Ma, I can't talk right now. I gotta get the bus to the depot.
I'll swing by the drugstore, get Shaun some medicine.
I'll be home as soon as I can after work, okay?
[dispatcher] Camp IC, Oroville.
We're getting unconfirmed reports of another fire in that area.
Oroville, Camp IC. Go ahead. What's its location?
Camp IC, Oroville. We're unsure.
There's a lot of smoke in the area, and we have a couple cameras down,
but I believe it to be off Rim Road, north of Concow.
Uh, Oroville, Camp IC copies.
What do you think? That's a second start or a spot?
[firefighter 1] We're three miles away.
I don't know how the heck that would be a spot fire.
That's a long ways from the-the original fire.
[firefighter 2] Okay.
- I think we've got two fires. - Camp IC, we received a call
from PG&E. They advised of a power outage
approximately ten minutes ago in the Rim Road area of Concow.
- I believe this… - So it was a power line then.
…is gonna be related to your second start. There are power lines down in that area.
The PG&E linemen are here. Do you want them to wait?
- No. I wanna talk to them. - Okay.
The hell are you guys doing? I got two fires now.
I need all your lines in the area shut down,
right away, before I get any more fires.
We had Red Flag Warnings last night. You guys knew about this.
Why didn't you shut it down then?
Look, we'll get our people down to the substation to shut it down.
We'll get up to the transmission tower to secure the downed lines.
I got two fires now.
It's on your headquarters. It wasn't your fault, but let's get this taken care of.
Messina. Messina.
Send five additional strike teams to this new start.
[lieutenant] Chief, are you copying this priority traffic?
[person on radio] Camp IC, Utility 2136. Priority traffic.
Utility 2136, Camp IC. Go ahead.
This is Engineer Hopkins on Utility 2136.
I'm going off duty out in Concow.
We've got a serious situation developing, be advised.
Heavy smoke and embers blowing in out here.
- Are you sure about that? In Concow? - Concow?
[Hopkins] That's affirmative. I'm driving through it now.
Uh, we've got embers falling around structures.
It's jumped the fucking box.
[siren wailing]
Correction. We've got a spot fire.
[people screaming]
Correction. Multiple spots.
I count one, two, three, big ones.
Rapid rate of spread.
I'm losing visibility fast.
That's a hell of a distance for a spread.
Gotta be at least five miles.
You think it's another set of power lines?
No, no, no. I guarantee the power's already off up in Concow.
[firefighter] I mean, that's a lot of distance covered.
Messina.
Listen to me. It's one fire.
- [firefighter] No. No, that-- - It's one fire.
No, that would be impossible for it to move that way.
- All one damn fire. - [firefighter 2] If we got one fire,
you're looking at a perimeter about… like that.
Okay. Let's send resources to Concow.
Air tankers, engines. Give him what he needs.
- [firefighter 2] Tankers. Yeah. - Copy. You got that?
Okay. So, if we've got fire in Concow,
we have to change that evac warning to an order.
- Do it. - Copy.
New containment line is Jordan Hill Road.
[Ruby] All drivers, this is Base. Listen up.
Uh, well, I guess today's a real special day
because we just saw that Cal Fire's got a fire up by Concow.
So, uh, y'all know the drill.
Just stay off the radio, and be listening for code reds, okay?
[Ruby] 963, Base call. You on your way?
Uh, Base, this is 963. Uh, ETA 15 minutes, boss.
I've got one more quick stop I gotta make.
[Ruby] Kevin, you need to get bus 963 into the garage,
or you're gonna miss your afternoon route.
I told you, it's gonna take at least two hours.
Understood, boss. Uh, I've got a bit of a family situation, okay?
[Ruby] Kevin, I'm not interested, okay?
I need you to get the bus back here now. The mechanic can't wait around all day.
Copy that, boss. I'll be there as soon as I can. Over.
[fire truck horn blares]
[siren wailing]
- Everyone, evacuate! Let's go! - [person] Help!
- Go get in that truck, okay? - [person 2 crying]
Everyone, evacuate!
Let's go!
Leave everything. Leave that. Leave everything.
Get in the car now!
- Hey, is there anyone else inside? - [person 3] No.
[Hopkins] Anyone inside?
[person 4] Come on, baby. Let's go.
[Hopkins] Fire department!
[grunts] Guys, let's go.
Leave your bags.
Leave your bags!
- [people clamoring, screaming] - Everyone, evacuate!
- [child crying] Mommy! - Leave it.
- We gotta go. Come on! - No!
[Hopkins] I said get her in the car now. Let's go.
- Do you have a car? - [person 5] No.
Go get in that white truck. Hurry up. Let's go. Hold on tight.
Go!
[people screaming]
IC, Utility 2136.
Be advised, we need medics for multiple burn injuries.
I'm starting a convoy.
We're heading out on Concow Road.
Follow me! Stay close!
Everyone, follow each other!
Everyone, hang on, okay?
- Let's go. - [engine revs]
[horns honking]
- Hello? - [clerk] Do you have any questions
- about-- - Hello?
[clerk] I'll be with you in a moment.
[Kevin] Okay.
- Uh… - Sounds good. And they are chewable.
You can eat that.
- That I don't think is a good idea. - [sighs]
Okay.
Ma'am, my son, uh… [stammers] He's got a fever, and he's throwing up.
I was on the phone.
- Uh, your son, how old is he? - Sure.
Fourteen.
- Um, does he have any allergies? - He's 15, actually.
Yeah. He's 15. No, uh…
- [stammers] I don't know. - Food intolerances or anything like that?
[stammers] I don't think so. No.
Whatever the standard thing is for-for-for fever and throwing up.
Okay. Sounds like
- Tylenol would be your best bet. - Yeah.
Great. Thank you.
[clerk] Great. These are going for $7.25.
- [Kevin] Okay. All right. - [phone ringing]
- I'll be right there, Linda. - Would you like a bag?
[Kevin] No. That's good. You can keep the change.
S-Sir, I can…
- Yeah. Go ahead. Huh? No. - [Linda] What's going on, Kevin?
Shaun's been messaging. Says he wants to come home.
- No. - He says he wants me to come get him.
- No. That… That's ridiculous. - Well, he sounds upset.
- What happened? - Nothing.
We had a little misunderstanding. I thought he was cutting class.
- Well, was he? - [pants] Was he what?
- Was he cutting class? - No.
[exhales deeply] It was my mistake. He's actually got a stomach flu.
But look, I just picked up some Tylenol, so everything's fine.
It's not fine, Kevin. Not if he's ill and saying he wants to come home.
I don't have time for this right now, Linda.
You hear me? I'm already late to get the bus to the depot for maintenance.
And you think I got time? I'm working too, you know?
And Pete and I are supposed to be going to Colorado tonight.
- Tonight? - Yes, tonight.
I told you.
My bad. Listen, Linda, I'm gonna have to call you back.
963 to Base.
Okay, 963. Base call. You on your way, Kevin?
[Kevin] Are there any updates on that fire?
Because I'm up here in Magalia, and I… and I can see the smoke column
o-over the canyon, okay?
- And it's blowing right at us. - Kevin, there are no updates.
Cal Fire's all over it, okay?
Now, get that bus back here now. I've already asked you three times.
Now, get back here or you can look for another job.
Base clear.
Copy that, boss. On my way in.
[pilot] Camp IC, Camp Air Attack.
Tankers inbound.
ETA four minutes.
[dispatcher] Copy. Engines responding.
En route to Concow reservoir, heading southbound on Jordan Hill Road.
[dispatcher 2] Copy.
Uh, what's the ETA on those engines?
The Paradise engines are 18 minutes out.
Copy that. Utility 2136, Air Attack is inbound.
18 minutes on those engines.
Negative! That's too long. We're gonna get burned over here.
Jesus!
- [sobs] - Just hang on, guys.
[pilot] Camp Air Attack. Air tankers inbound, retardant drop at the head.
Camp IC, Camp Air Attack.
We're having problems hitting the targets with these winds.
Air Attack, Camp IC. I need you to try a second pass.
[firefighter] Chief, the Paradise engines are 15 minutes out from Concow.
Okay. Oroville, Camp IC.
[dispatcher] Camp IC, Oroville. Go ahead.
Uh, Oroville, Camp IC requesting ten air tankers, six Type 1 helicopters,
one lead plane and 25 additional engines immediately to Concow.
[dispatcher] Camp IC, Oroville copies.
All county aircraft, ten tankers,
six Type 1 copters, 25 additional engines immediately.
[firefighter 2] Oroville, I copy. Moving resources to Concow now.
Utility 2136, can you get onto Camelot Road?
[Hopkins] Negative. The fire's blocked it. I'm cut off.
This thing is going to burn over them.
- Get 'em to the bridge. - Hoffman Bridge?
- Get 'em to Hoffman Bridge. - That's the best place.
Utility 2136, can you reach Hoffman Bridge and shelter in the water?
[Hopkins] Camp IC, I'll try.
- [passengers crying] - All right, listen up!
As soon as I stop the truck, you're gonna get out,
you're gonna run into the creek!
As soon as you get in the creek, cover your mouth, protect your airway.
Feet to the fire, okay? Everyone understand?
[siren wailing]
- All right, let's go! - [passengers clamoring]
[person whimpers, exclaims]
- Go! Get in the water now! - [person wailing]
Into the water! Let's go!
Hang on! Into the water!
Utility 2136,
multiple residents taking shelter in the creek!
[screaming]
- [grunts] - Oh, my God! [screams]
[grunts] Goddamn it!
Get as far out as you can!
Come on!
Utility 2136…
burnover imminent!
What's the status on our support?
[chief] Utility 2136, copy that. Air Attack are making their second pass.
Engines are ten minutes out.
[pilot] Camp IC, Camp Air Attack.
Air tankers inbound now.
[chief] Uh, Air Attack, Camp IC copies.
[people clamoring]
[Hopkins] Come on. Come on!
Keep calm!
[firefighter] Camp IC, Engine 2182.
We've got multiple obstacles in the roadway. We can't get through.
The road is blocked.
Repeating, access is completely blocked.
[chief] Air Attack, Camp IC, give me an update on that drop.
[pilot] Camp IC, Camp Air Attack.
No impact with the drop. No impact at all.
Damn it, where are those Paradise engines?
[firefighter] I just got word they're not gonna make it through.
They're stuck. They're not gonna make it.
[Hopkins] Stay together! It's coming!
- [people whimpering] - Stay calm! We'll make it through!
Heads down!
Burnover! Burnover! Burnover!
[people screaming]
Utility 2136, what's your status?
Utility 2136, do you copy?
- [firefighter 2] Answer the radio. - Come on. Come on.
Utility 2136, do you copy?
[firefighter 2] It's not good.
[Hopkins] Initial wave has passed.
We're sheltering in the creek.
We got multiple burn injuries, and we need help now!
Utility 2136, copy that. Hold your position.
We'll get medics in and dozers inbound to clear an evac path.
[Hopkins] You don't understand! Extreme fire behavior.
Critical rate of spread, heading west towards Paradise!
[sighs]
[fire crackling]
- [crows cawing] - Whoa!
[sirens wailing]
[line ringing]
Shaun.
Hey, it's me, Dad. Listen, um…
I'm sorry about last night.
All right. [stutters] I'm sorry you're not feeling well.
[stutters] I just picked up some medicine.
[stutters] I'll get it to you as soon as I get home after work. All right?
Listen… [stutters] …I need you to do me a favor.
All right, the… fire out in Concow,
I don't think it's anything to worry about.
But just in case, turn on Channel 7 so you can keep an eye on it.
Okay? I don't… I don't want Grandma to worry.
You know how she gets worried. Huh?
All right, buddy.
[stutters] I'll see you after work.
Hope you're feeling better.
[siren wailing]
Uh, Oroville, Camp IC. Uh, we gotta get people moving.
Alert Town Hall.
Issue mandatory evacuation warning for zones 3, 8, 14. East Paradise,
anything east of Pentz Road.
Estimate about 4,000 residents.
[dispatcher] Camp IC, Oroville copies.
- Mandatory evacuation zones 3, 8, 14. - We stay focused.
We have a plan. We stick to it.
[helicopter whirring]
[siren wailing]
[official 1] Okay. Yes, I-- I've got it. All right.
They've issued an evacuation order.
Phone lines are down.
[town hall official 1] Come on.
All right, give me those zones.
- [town hall official 2] Uh, 3, 8 and 14. - [typing]
- East Paradise only. - [computer beeps]
[town hall official 1 sighs]
It won't go through. It didn't send.
Okay. [sighs]
[sighs] Go!
[chief] Camp Air Attack, Camp IC, I need air support in the canyon now.
We need you to buy us some time.
[firefighter] Chief, look at that fire coming down towards Paradise.
[pilot] Camp IC, Camp Air Attack.
We are having zero impact.
The fire is spotting onto the western side of the canyon.
Wind speed is a real problem.
IC copies. We need outside resources.
Requesting 50 additional strike teams immediately.
[dispatcher] Camp IC, Oroville copies.
That's gonna be extended, sir, minimum two to three hours.
Chief, if-if we don't get resources i-into Paradise now,
we're gonna lose this thing.
It's gonna be too late.
We're gonna lose our air support.
It's too dangerous to fly in these conditions.
There's no way they're gonna continue in this wind.
[pilot] Camp IC, Branch 3. We're being overrun.
The fire is crossing the canyon. We can't stop it.
Do you copy? We can't stop it.
[students clamoring]
[teacher] Okay. Mary's class, sit down.
Class,
we don't all need to look out the window.
It's just another brush fire. Nothing new. Come sit down.
Take out a book.
- Do we know what we're doing? - Still no evacuation order.
I'm not waiting.
Okay, let's just get everyone out of here and home as quickly as we can.
Okay, I'll send an email to parents.
If any of your students have phones or know their numbers,
- get the parents to collect. - Okay, but…
but some of my kids have parents who work out of town,
and the parents will never get here in time. What do we do about those kids?
Okay. [stutters] I'm sure they're gonna have an alternative collection point.
So, let's just gather together the students who can't be collected.
And I'll just keep trying Town Hall.
[teacher] Okay. Thank you.
Okay, um…
Echo. Do you know your mom's phone number?
- Uh-huh. - You do?
- Great. F-- - 435-232--
Okay. Hold on one second. I'm gonna ask you to write it down.
Who else knows their mom or dad's phone number?
[phone ringing]
- [Kevin] Yeah? - [Linda] You said you'd call me back.
[Kevin] I'm sorry. I got distracted.
Look, I don't want to argue.
I'm tired of the same fight every week.
We don't need to argue, Lin. There's nothing to argue about.
Okay. [stutters] I didn't realize our son was sick.
It was an honest mistake. [stutters] You don't need to get involved.
- Then why is he calling me? - [siren wailing]
[Kevin] I don't know! Linda, he's 15!
He got in a fight with his dad, and he's calling his mom.
Don't make this a bigger deal than it is. [stutters] I'm dealing with it.
[Ruby] Base to 963, what is your location?
- Uh, 963, ETA, ten minutes. - [horns honking]
The traffic is backed up over here.
[Linda] Face it, Kevin. You're just… unreliable.
No. No, [stutters] I'm not doing this right now, Lin.
I'm not gonna sit here and go over all the ways that I screwed up with you.
Listen, it's been tough…
lately with Dad dying.
[Linda] Don't use your dad as an excuse.
The funeral was four months ago, and you barely spoke to him for 20 years.
He ruined your life.
That's what you told me!
That's bullshit, Linda.
That's bullshit. That's a low blow.
[Linda] I'm sorry.
That wasn't nice.
It's just the first weekend I've been away with anyone since we…
You know what I mean.
[chattering on radio]
Can you turn the radio down? I can barely hear you.
[Kevin] Turning it down.
All I'm saying is I know it's been hard for you,
but you gotta think about Shaun.
He looks at you, and all he sees is…
What?
What does he see when he looks at me?
- Don't make me say it, Kevin. - No, go ahead, say it. Say it.
- You know what I mean. - Say it.
[sighs] There's a reason why your life is a mess,
and Shaun doesn't want to be with you.
I gotta go.
[sighs]
[Ruby] Base to all drivers.
We're having issues with the comms over here.
Is everybody hearing me?
[line ringing]
Hey, hey, Shaun. Hey, it's Dad.
Listen, uh…
[stutters] I need to know you're okay, buddy. I, uh…
Call me back if you're getting any of these messages, please.
Okay? I gotta, um…
I gotta run… I gotta run the bus to the depot.
Swinging by maintenance for a couple of hours, then I'll…
[sighs]
You know what?
[stutters] I'm coming home right now.
- You hear me, buddy? - [engine revs]
I'm coming home right now.
[horn honks]
I got your medicine on me. I'll be there in 20 minutes max.
[horns honking]
Hey, all drivers, this is Base.
This is an important update.
We are now evacuating East Paradise only.
- [worker] What zones? - [Ruby] East Paradise zones 3, 8 and 14.
That is 3, 8 and 14 only.
Any driver east of Clark all the way to Pentz,
you need to evacuate that area immediately.
They're worried about the fire coming across the canyon from Concow.
So if you have any children on board,
you need to take them west all the way out of town to the Chico depot.
Repeat, the evacuation muster point is Chico depot.
Base clear.
[parent] Okay, honey. Get in.
- [engine revs] - Come on, come on. Stop!
[students chattering]
All right, let's, um…
I'll be right back.
All right, so we got the evac order.
Apparently, their system went down, and they weren't able to get it out.
They want every student who hasn't already been collected
to be taken over to Paradise Elementary.
Okay? That's the new collection point.
That's where they're sending all the parents.
Okay. Well, we have 23 kids without transport.
So how are we gonna get them there?
[teacher] I can take four in my car.
- I didn't drive, so I can't help at all. - No, no.
[stammers] We cannot get them there by ourselves.
We don't have enough cars.
- [principal] Yes. - They need to send us a bus.
- Call Ruby. - Oh, yeah. I'll call the depot.
Hi, Anna. It's, um… It's Mary.
Look, they're evacuating East Paradise, and I can't get to Jake.
Steven's out of town for work.
And I was wondering if you could go get him,
and then I'll just get to you as soon as I can.
Um, okay. Thank you.
Uh, let me know that you got this. All right? Love you. Bye.
[phone rings]
[Ruby] Unified Schools Transportation Office.
Uh, I'm sorry. Uh, can you… Can you speak up please?
It's the principal of Ponderosa.
Yes, ma'am.
Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am.
They need a bus to take them west
to the alternative collection point at Paradise Elementary.
Just outside the evac zone.
Do we have anybody on a route over there? Check the route maps.
- Cesar. - [Cesar] Yeah?
[Ruby] I need you to go out and prep a bus just in case.
- [Cesar] All right. - Yes, ma'am.
We are gonna get a bus right out to you, okay?
So you just sit tight. Okay?
Thank you so much.
All right. Bye-bye.
Uh, Base to all drivers, this is an update on that evac notice.
We have a situation.
Ponderosa Elementary.
I repeat, there's a situation developing at Ponderosa Elementary.
There are 23 kids who are stranded in the evacuation zone.
Their parents cannot make it in to pick them up.
They need to be picked up
and taken to the alternative collection point at Paradise Elementary.
Is there anybody empty and in the area of East Paradise?
[bus driver 1] 987 to Base. Sorry, all full.
Not reached my school yet.
[bus driver 2] 910 to Base. Full here too, Ruby.
Ten minutes from dropping off.
Come on.
[bus driver 3] 922 to Base, I'm en route to Chico.
I'm just passing Base, but I can swing back.
[Ruby] No, 922. Do not swing back.
Once you get out of there, you get out.
Those roads are gonna get real crazy real quick, okay?
Is there anybody in East Paradise with an empty bus
that can go and pick these kids up?
No. No.
[sighs]
963 to Base, I can get 'em.
Kevin, is that you?
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm still on this side of town. Remember?
I was running late.
Yep, yep. I remember.
So, uh, we can do maintenance another day, okay?
Listen, if you get those kids out, you will have done well.
Okay, Kevin? You copy?
Copy that. Have them lined up.
I'm on my way.
[siren wailing]
[chattering on radio]
[chattering]
- [horns honking] - [siren wailing]
- [horn honking] - "And it was…"
Oh, there's the bus. Okay, okay, okay. Stay seated.
Stay sitting please, everybody.
[honking continues]
[grunts]
[Kevin] Twenty kids for evac?
They're in there. Around to the right.
- [Kevin] Hi. - [Mary] Hi.
- Are you here for the kids? - Yes, I am. Are they… Are they ready?
Um, yep. We're gathering them up right now.
- [Kevin] Okay. - Um, what's your name?
- Kevin. And, uh… - Kevin, hi. I'm Mary.
- Hi. As soon as we can gather… - Yeah, great. We are…
- We're gonna get 'em in line in a minute. - Yeah.
These kids, their parents couldn't make it 'cause they work too--
- Paradise Elementary. Got it. - Right. The alternative drop-off.
Yep. Got it. Ready to go.
- Principal Hayes. Thank you for coming. - Hi. Yep.
- Okay… - Sooner the better.
…and we're just gonna keep it calm for the kids.
Kids, this is our bus driver, Kevin. Can we say hi to Kevin?
[students] Hi, Kevin.
[Mary] Can I get you in two straight lines?
Shortest in the front. Tallest in the back.
And Kevin is gonna drive you to Paradise Elementary,
where your parents are going to pick you up.
I'm gonna lead the line, Principal.
If you could please take the back and do a head count while we walk.
If you're ready, raise your hand.
Let me see your eyes. Eyes on me.
I want to see everybody's eyes.
- Are we ready? - [students] Yes.
[Mary] We're gonna walk calmly. We're gonna walk slowly.
We're gonna stay with our partners.
- Okay, here we go. - [Kevin] Yeah. Come on.
- What do you think, like, ten minutes? - Uh, yeah, if we get a move on, yes.
But the traffic's getting really busy out there. So the quicker, the better.
Okay. We have time.
Well, you know, ma'am,
I don't think you understand the urgency of our situation here.
I recognize the urgency of our situation.
And it's Mary, not "ma'am."
Hoods up if you have a hood!
If you have a backpack, put it on top.
- [students clamoring, screaming] - Okay! It's okay! It's okay! It's okay!
It's just a fire engine in the sky! Use your backpacks, okay?
All right.
Find a seat on the bus, babe.
Quietly, calmly, one single line.
Not quickly, take your time.
[Kevin] 963 to Base,
we're loading the kids on the bus now.
[students chattering]
[Kevin] The signal's bad. I'll let you know when we're clear, over.
Everybody, I want you to stay seated and listen to everything Kevin says.
- Okay? - W-Wait, wait, wait!
Alex! I need Alex!
- Alex? Alex, honey, your mom is here. - Alex!
Okay, you have all your things?
- You gotta go. Okay. - Oh, thank God.
Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
[Mary] Okay, you are good to go.
[Kevin] Whoa, whoa, whoa. Ma'am, ma'am. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
No, no. Y-You're coming. Yes.
No. No. [stammers] I have to lock up.
No, no, no, no. Y-You can't. I…
I'm gonna drive and drop. Okay?
I can't hang about and hold any hands when I get there.
I've got my own family I gotta get home to.
Okay? You gotta come.
I-I don't think he can do this by himself. I have to go with him.
- [Kevin] Pipe down! - It's fine.
[stutters] I'll get a ride from one of the teachers there.
- Here, take the evac for HQ. - You okay to lock up alone?
- Yeah. - All right. I'm here. I'm here.
- I'm coming. - [students cheering]
- We're good. - [Kevin] Hang on.
[Mary] We got on the bus. We're gonna be there.
It's gonna take ten minutes.
Did you see those fire engines?
Okay, um, here is the school's evac route.
We are… the East line, so we're gonna stay on Pentz all the way down,
and then cut a right on Pearson to get us to Paradise Elementary.
[stutters] I don't-I don't think it's a good idea. L-Look at it.
[stutters] T-There's a better way out than Pentz right.
Okay, but that's the plan. So we're gonna stick to the plan.
Whatever you say, teach.
- [helicopter whirring] - [chattering on radio]
It's total gridlock. Look how tight those roads are right now.
It's gotta be at least 15 miles of traffic trying to get to Chico.
[pilot] Chief, we're arriving at the fairgrounds.
[chief] Copy that.
I'm issuing a mandatory evacuation on the whole town.
All zones. Effective immediately.
Chief, you can't do it. It'll be chaos.
We're talking 26,000 people.
If you get everyone moving out of town,
you're never gonna get your engines in.
You're not listening. The fire's coming across the canyon.
I've seen it with my own eyes. It's moving fast.
Here's the choice,
bust the system or play by the book and everybody dies.
You want that on your conscience?
[chattering]
Chief, we got the team ordered early for ya.
- Copy. - All right.
Hey, Chief. Chief. Mark Rogers of PG&E.
I have a team here from headquarters. We're available.
Just get the power off in the town, and we'll take care of the rest.
- Yeah. - [firefighter] Okay, listen.
We gotta give the chief some space. We will come to you in a second.
Just… No, just wanted to say we're available if you need us.
Issue mandatory evac order for the entire town.
[firefighter] Copy, Chief. Oroville, Camp Ops.
Base to 179, 179. Are you clear?
Are you out of East Paradise?
- [bus driver] 179. We're out. - [Ruby] Great, great.
Who's left?
963 is the only one left.
That's all.
Base to 963.
Base to 963, are you out of East Paradise?
[static on radio]
[horns honking]
[Kevin] 963 to Base.
[sighs] Do you read?
[Mary] Don't be scared. The-The fire trucks are responding to the fire.
- They're doing their job. - [Kevin] Anybody, 963 to Base.
- They're keeping us safe. - [Kevin] Can anybody hear me?
Okay? We are on Pentz. It is backed up going nowhere.
963, come in please.
Can you try his mobile?
Why does he have to be the last bus out of there? I swear to God.
[Kevin] 963 to Base, do you read?
Let me know if you're getting this. Over.
Do you have any safety protocols on this bus?
[Kevin] Yep. You got this,
and you got that.
Great. Yeah. That'll make all the difference.
[siren wailing]
So you're new here?
No, I just came back a few months ago.
Grew up here.
Oh. What's that like?
[groans] Not where I thought I'd be at 44.
How long do you think this is gonna take?
Hard to tell.
If we'd have left the school on time, you wouldn't have slow played me,
it would have taken about ten minutes, but now it's looking like 20-30.
Guess we'll get there when we get there. Okay, kiddies.
Let's, um, raise some of these windows so the smoke doesn't get in.
- [sirens wailing] - [Ruby] Hi. Is this fire command?
This is Ruby Bishop at PUSD. I've lost all radio communication,
and I have a lost bus.
It's number 963, and it's over somewhere in East Paradise.
Can you let me know if your engines see him?
Thank you.
Okay, okay. Okay, uh…
963, do you read?
[static on radio]
Kevin? Can you… Can you hear me? This is Base.
[static on radio]
[Mary] Honey, let's, um…
move this up so smoke doesn't get in.
- What's your name? - Benjamin.
Benjamin, and you're in Miss Kristy's class? That's right. I remember that.
[student] Miss Mary, there's another window.
[Mary stammers] Yes. Let's get that one.
Screw this.
- [students screaming] - Kevin!
What are you doing? The plan is to stay on Pentz!
Turning over to Clark. It runs parallel. It's bound to be moving better.
[Mary] But that's not the plan.
- The plan is to stay on Pentz. - Screw the plan, teach.
You know what?
Hey, I could stay here
in the middle of the traffic jam if that's what you want.
- Don't stop now, obviously. - Want me to stay here?
No shit. Let me drive.
- What the hell is your problem? - Look, you see that fire?
It's like the fucking Fourth of July, okay?
I'd sit down if I were you. I'm about to take a hard left.
- Bunch down, everybody! - [Mary] Hold on!
[students screaming]
Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Hold on, kids!
- Oh, my God! Kevin! - [fire truck horn blares]
- [Kevin yells] - Hold on!
- [students clamoring] - Jesus. Jesus Christ.
- [Kevin] We're clear. - [Mary] Is everyone okay?
[students chattering]
We're okay. Traffic is moving.
Can you please ask before you do something like that again?
You wanna get there quicker or you wanna go by the book?
We have to be responsible.
Yep, and I think that means getting these kids to their parents as soon as possible.
Don't you?
[sighs]
[inhales sharply]
- I'm not getting anything. - Kevin, come in please.
[alarm beeps]
[electronic voice] This is a code red alert. Evacuate all zones immediately.
[technician] Ruby, we gotta go. I gotta get the power off.
- [Ruby] I know. - I'm getting my guys outta here.
[Ruby] Okay, okay. Uh, take my keys. Okay?
963, do you read?
[siren wailing]
[sighs]
So, what about you? You always lived here?
[sighs] Yeah. Born and raised.
Never was really my speed.
Then why'd you come back?
My dad died a few months ago.
- Sorry. - [Kevin] Nah, it's fine.
We weren't close.
So you staying?
- [siren wailing] - For now.
What about you? Got family?
Yeah.
Married 19 years.
A Paradise poster family too, huh?
[scoffs] Yeah.
- One kid. - [Kevin] Hmm.
Jake. He's 15.
I was gonna go get him, but…
[sighs] I didn't realize. Sorry.
[Mary] It's fine.
My sister will have gone for him.
His dad's out of town.
[sighs]
It'll be fine.
We're gonna drop the kids off, and then I'll go find him.
- All right. How're we doing? - [student 1] Are we gonna be okay?
[Mary] Yes. We're gonna be okay, sweetie.
[student 2] Are our pets okay?
[student 3] When will we see our parents?
[Mary] We'll see them there, yeah?
We're just trying to get you to safety as soon as we can, okay?
- [cries] - Yes, sweetie?
[student 4] When are we going to be there?
[Mary] We're gonna be there as soon as we can, okay?
You okay, sweetie?
Mm-hmm.
Do you want to sit up front with somebody else,
or do you want to be by yourself?
[Ruby] Kevin, if you can hear me, they're evacuating the whole town,
and emergency services are mustering 15 miles away
- at Chico Fairgrounds where it's safe. - [horn honking]
Do not drop those kids off.
Just take 'em and come to Chico. Okay?
[honking continues]
[technician] Ruby, we're outta time. We gotta go.
- I gotta get my guys out of here. - Okay!
Ruby!
[honking continues]
Kevin, if you can hear me, I will see you in Chico, okay?
Be careful. Base clear.
[honking continues]
[worker] Come on!
[firefighter] Chief, the fire's spreading fast through East Paradise.
And I just got word from Division Hotel.
You got a working fire in the cardiology wing at Feather River Hospital.
It's well established in the attic.
You got about 15 to 20 patients that are outside right now.
We're working on getting them outta there.
Do whatever you can in there and save the hospital, okay?
Get me Butte medics, and tell them we need help.
Chief. Air Attack has grounded all aircraft.
Now, I'll get you an update as soon as I can,
but right now nothing goes in the air.
- Nothing. - Goddamn it.
Where are we with the evacuation route? How's this traffic moving?
[firefighter 2] You can see now the fires across from Clark Road,
they're getting impacted by fire.
Pentz Road is gridlocked.
Skyway is still open. It's moving slow.
But what about all these abandoned cars?
We're having major access issues.
I want any vehicle blocking traffic pushed off the road.
Okay? Get dozers in there if you have to.
[firefighter 2] Got it.
[chief] We can't lose those four routes out.
We lose those, it's game over.
- Hey, everybody! Listen up! Listen up! - Everybody, quiet!
[chief] This is no longer a wildland fire.
This is burning home to home.
This is a town fire.
This is a mass casualty incident.
That's what we're dealing with.
So stay on with your people, and do the best you can.
- Copy, Chief. - [firefighter 3] Copy that.
[horns honking]
[students chattering]
Hey! What's the holdup?
Got a roadblock up ahead!
The freeway's jammed.
Shit!
[students chattering]
[horn honks]
Come on.
[Mary] Where do you need to get to?
- After we drop off the kids. - Magalia.
My son's up there with his grandma.
I told them I'd be coming straight home.
Well, they'll get the evacuation alerts.
Won't they?
You signed up for them, right?
I…
You know, I-I kept getting the noti…
[sighs] …notifications from the town hall
and I just kept putting it off.
Well, can his grandma drive?
Nope.
[horn honks]
[student 1] Miss Mary, help.
[student 2] Miss Mary, there's smoke coming from that house.
[students chattering, screaming]
Fire on the left.
- Fire on the left. Bunch down. - [Mary] Stay away from the windows.
Everybody stay off the windows.
[horn honking]
Hey.
Just let me in!
Come on!
Buddy, I got kids on the bus.
[Mary] Stay calm. Kevin's trying to get us through.
Mary, take a seat.
- What? Why? - Take a seat. I need you to drive.
- I need you to drive. - I don't know how.
I've gotta clear traffic in the left lane. I need you to take over the bus.
It's easy. Okay?
You put your foot on the brake, when I say come, hit the gas.
It's easy. Okay? Yes, you do. Hold the brake.
- Okay. - When I say, "Come on," come on.
- Okay? - Okay.
Stay seated.
Where's Kevin?
[officer] Back it up.
Back this truck up. We gotta get this fire engine in.
- Let's go. Keep 'em going! - Hey, hey, hey. What's going on?
- What're you doing? What's the plan? - We got people trapped on Pentz.
Those people got priority.
- The main fire's over there. - See the school bus?
I have 22 kids on that bus. I gotta get them to their parents, okay?
[student] Where's Kevin?
[Kevin] I need you to hold traffic here so we can come through.
I gotta clear this traffic to let the fire truck through.
Get on the radio and call fuckin' backup, will you?
Our comms are down. They've been down for about 40 minutes or so.
Get back in your car. We'll get you through when we can.
Get back in your car, sir.
- Get back in your car. - [Kevin] Go left.
We gotta get the fire truck and this bus through first.
Go! Go!
Go, go, go! Go, go, go!
Hold it!
- Go! - [driver yelling]
Come on.
- [students clamoring] - [horns honking]
Okay.
Let the fire truck and the bus through!
Come on, go, go, go, go!
Yes.
Go! Go!
[students clamoring]
Come on. Come on!
I-I don't want to hit you.
Are we gonna be okay?
Come on.
[siren wailing]
[Mary breathes heavily]
Come on!
[pants] Holy shit.
[Kevin] Yes!
[Mary] We did it. We made it through.
[students cheering]
What was wrong?
Radios are down. It's chaos.
A minute out, minute out.
Minute out! Are we ready?
963. We are one minute out from drop-off. One minute out from drop-off.
Nice driving.
Thanks. Not so bad yourself.
[exhales]
You could always be a traffic cop
if you're looking for a fresh start.
I'd take a hard pass on that.
[chuckles]
[sighs]
Okay, kids. You can get your things ready. Be ready to get off the bus.
I'm gonna get you to your parents as quickly as we can.
[students clamoring]
- [student 1] Our parents… - [student 2] The school's…
- [student 3] Oh, my God. - [student 4] No! Where are they?
- [Kevin] No, no, no, no, no. No, no. - [Mary] Where are they?
[students clamoring]
[Kevin] Oh, shit!
I want my mom. [cries]
I'll go see if anybody's there.
Hello!
[Kevin grunts]
[Kevin coughing]
[pants]
[Mary] They're… They're not here.
There's no one here.
I don't know why they didn't warn us or…
What do we do?
I don't know.
What… [sighs]
We gotta get outta here. We gotta get these kids out of here.
Try to get them down to the main evac center in Chico.
And then we can come back for our kids.
[student] Miss Mary!
I'm coming. I'm coming.
[exhales sharply]
Sit down.
- [student 2] Ava needs you. - What's wrong with Ava?
[student 2] She won't come from under her seat.
- What? She's on the floor? - Yeah, she needs you.
- Why? What's wrong with her? - She won't get up!
- She's scared. - [Mary] Ava. Honey, no.
[Ava sniffles]
[stammers] What are you doing down there?
[Ava breathing shakily]
- Are you okay? - [whimpers]
No?
- It's all a little bit scary. - [Kevin] Okay.
- Mary, are we good? - [Mary] Yeah. Good to go.
Okay.
Are you scared?
- Yeah. [sniffles] - [Mary] Yeah.
I know.
I'm scared too.
Can I give you a hug?
[Ava] Mm-hmm. [sniffles]
[Mary] There you go. Come on.
Be as brave as you can be.
[chattering on radio]
[firefighters yelling]
[siren wailing]
Chief, you've got 27,000 people in Paradise,
12,000 in Magalia.
You've got maybe 8,000 people evacuated,
which means you've got 30,000 people left in the footprint of the fire.
Finney, come here a second.
Update on the infrastructure. How we doing with that?
So, infrastructure, Chief, we got multiple schools in the town here.
We have two that are being impacted immediately along-along Pentz road.
I also have a report that a school bus came out of Ponderosa Elementary
with 22 kids on it. It's unaccounted for right now, but--
Keep me updated on that.
We also have multiple gas stations.
We have two propane facilities.
One in Skyway in between Pentz and Clark and another one in Magalia.
- Can you shut them down? - I'll work on it.
[firefighter] Part of the evacuation problem, power lines are coming down.
They cannot get across the road.
Firefighters are cutting them right now to open it up, but we're getting reports--
Where's PG&E?
[firefighter] We're getting reports of active power lines.
- [firefighter 2] PG&E. - Yeah.
- [chief] I thought the power was off. - It is.
Tell them what's going on.
Why is your power on?
It's… Look, we're working on it.
[firefighter] We got civilians driving across power lines.
- We got firefighters cutting lines… - I understand.
- …and lines are still arcing?
- You told me the power was off. - Look. All the automatic power is off.
Thereafter it's manual switches that have to be done.
- We're working as fast as we can. - I don't give a shit.
- I understand. - Do you know what's going on here?
Shut the fucking power off!
- Okay. - What the fuck is wrong with you?
I've got firefighters in there! There's 30,000 people in there!
[horns honking]
[Mary] What the hell are we gonna do?
[Kevin] The fire's behind us.
We gotta stay ahead of it and stay due southwest.
That clear patch of sky, that's our way out.
We stay out of the fire, and we head down to Chico from there.
Um, Pentz and-and Clark are out,
- so that leaves Neal and Skyway. - Yeah. Yeah.
[Kevin] Yeah.
[Mary] Neal is the furthest away, but maybe that's good.
Maybe there's less traffic there.
[Kevin] But you have to take Roe Road to get to Neal.
It's-It's narrow, and it's full of 180 degree turns.
It's-it's not built for a 35,000 pound bus.
We'd be trapped down there. There's no way out.
- That really just leaves us Skyway. - Skyway. Right.
- It's-It's wide, four lanes, straight. - Yeah.
- Let's try Skyway. Okay. - Skyway.
You don't know where they are, do you?
[Mary] What, honey?
Our parents.
You don't know where they are.
No, honey, we don't, but we're gonna find them.
We're gonna find their parents, right, Kevin?
Yeah. Yeah, we're gonna find them. Yeah.
I need you to take your seat, sweetie.
You wanna sit down up here?
- Have a seat. - [Mary] Here.
Yeah, this is fine.
What's your name?
Toby.
Your parents work out of town?
My mom does.
I don't see my dad.
I'll tell you what, Toby. We're gonna get you back to your mom.
You hear me? We're gonna get you back to your mom.
We're gonna get you back to your son, and we're gonna get me back to mine.
That's what's going to happen.
Okay?
Okay.
[firefighter] So, Chief, the fire is spreading through most of Paradise,
both business and residential areas,
and we're getting reports of significant structure loss,
and Air Attack is still grounded with no ETA.
- Copy that. - Hey, Chief.
I've-I've checked in with division.
Last report of that bus was coming down Clark Road south of Elliott. Okay?
I just got word from Division Hotel
that Paradise Elementary is well involved in fire.
They're not there.
[Kevin] Mary, can you see these cables?
- Yeah. - [Kevin] All right.
[explosions]
- [Mary] Oh, my God. Watch out. - [students screaming]
Got it. Got it. Got it.
[horn honks]
- [yells] - [Mary] Kevin, on the right! Kevin!
Power line on the right!
[people screaming]
[students screaming]
- [Kevin] The whole road's coming down. - Oh, my God. [pants]
It's falling! It's falling!
Watch out! Watch out!
- [screams] - Oh, my God.
[students screaming]
[Kevin] Going left!
It's gonna cut through to Skyway.
We can make it. It's just down here.
[Mary] Kids, hold on! Hold onto something!
- Hang on! - Oh, my God.
[Kevin] Shit!
[sirens wailing]
[firefighter 1 speaks indistinctly]
[firefighter 2] Keep it in check! Back it up! Come on back!
[clamoring]
[inhales sharply] We're blocked. We're totally blocked in.
We gotta get off, find a way to Roe, and try to make a way out on Neal.
It's our only chance right now.
- How are we gonna get out of here? - Look for a way off. Left or right.
I'm looking. I'm looking.
I don't see anything. There's no way out. I don't see… It's everywhere.
It's all around us. How are we gonna get out of here?
Oh, my God!
[screaming]
Look straight ahead.
- Don't look at that. - [Kevin] Straight ahead!
Get out the fucking car!
[clamoring]
Kevin, there's looters.
- Open up. Let me in! - Get off the windows!
Stay away from the windows!
- Down! Get down! - [Kevin] Stay away from the windows!
[grunts] Give us the bus!
[grunts]
- Mary! - [looter grunts] Open it!
He has a gun! Kevin, he has a gun!
[looter] Open it!
- [grunts] - Down! Duck. I said duck.
Open the door! [grunts]
- [Mary] We have to get out of here. - [looter grunts]
We have to get out of here.
On the left. On the left, Kevin, there's a gap.
Kevin, there's a gap. Go left.
Left. Go, go, go, go.
It's closing. It's closing.
[Kevin] We're through. We're through.
[sighs]
- [sirens wailing] - [clamoring]
[officer] Stay with your family, please.
This is the safe area, sir. We need you to stay here…
- Let's go. Let's go. - [person] That's my daughter.
- [firefighter 1] Out of the way. - [firefighter 2] Watch your back.
- Go! - Move!
[Ruby] Just keep going. Just keep going. Just keep going.
Whoa, whoa. Hold on.
[Ruby] I'm with the, uh, Paradise Unified School District.
- Where are you from? - Straight up.
[Ruby] Thank you. That's where the busses are.
Okay. Thank you. Just keep going.
This is the… Yeah, there they are. There they are.
Let me out. Let me out. Let me out.
- Cesar? - [Cesar] Ruby.
Cesar. You heard any news?
- Nothing. - 963's not here?
[Cesar] Hasn't made it back yet.
Shit. [sighs]
[colleague] Ruby, the parents are here.
Okay. Okay. Okay.
[students sobbing]
[Kevin] 963 to Base. 963 to Base. Do you read?
[static on radio]
- Miss Mary, I don't have any water left. - 963 to all vehicles.
- Do you read? Any vehicles, do you read? - I'm thirsty. I'm way too hot.
Okay. Okay.
[sighs] Here, honey.
Get a folder or a… a notebook or something…
Hey, listen, we just got off Skyway. It was a no-go.
Here. Use it like this.
We're gonna try and-and-and make our way out through Neal.
Stay out of the fire. Get out that way. It's our only shot.
Miss Mary, we really need some water.
Hang in there, sweetie. I know. It's really hot.
Kevin, the kids are not gonna last.
They need water. They're hot, and they're thirsty.
[students screaming]
- [student 1] What's happening? - [student 2] What is that?
[Mary] What the hell is that?
[student 3] I can't breathe. It's coming through the vents.
[students coughing]
The smoke. The smoke is getting in. Kevin, the smoke is coming in.
It's coming through the AC.
[Mary] Then turn it off.
It's gonna make the heat worse, but okay.
We have to try something.
[AC powering down]
[Kevin] Okay, it's off. Off.
We must be inside the smoke column.
- [pants] Watch out. - Yeah. Yeah. I see it. I see it.
[Kevin] Meadow Creek Park.
Yeah. Yeah. There's… There's a back exit.
[Mary] What?
I worked here one summer as a kid.
It leads out to Roe Road,
and then we can get over to Neal, and then we're out. Okay?
- [Mary] Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. - Yes.
Miss. Ma'am.
- Yeah? - There's something wrong with Shannon.
- She needs your help. - She's wheezing a little bit.
- [Shannon wheezing] - [Mary] What's wrong, honey?
- Okay. Okay. Don't talk. Don't talk. - [breathing heavily]
Just breathe slowly, okay? Slowly. Try to slow down your breathing.
Okay. You just need to drink some water.
Um, can everybody just look in their backpack
and make sure you don't have, like, a juice box or something?
Kevin, we… we have to find water or she's gonna stroke out.
We have to get off the bus now.
- Right there. Right there. - Yep, yep.
- [Mary] Yes. Yes. Okay. - Yep, yep.
[Kevin] Okay. We can't stop for long. I'll be two minutes.
[Mary] No, no, no, no, no, no.
You need to stay on the bus.
If the fire comes, you have to drive them.
Let me go. I can do it. Two minutes. I'll be right back.
I can do it.
[student] Miss Mary, where are you going?
[student 2] Miss Mary. Miss Mary, come back.
[grunts, coughs]
- [students crying] - [student 3] Where did Mary go?
Shit.
[grunts]
[chiming]
[student 4] Do you know where Miss Mary is?
[Kevin] She… She just went to look for some water.
Just-Just give her a minute.
[student 1] Please come back, Miss Mary.
[student 2] Where is she going?
[student 3] I can't see her.
[coughing]
[Mary coughs]
[Mary] Come on.
Come on.
[grunting]
[student] Come back.
[students coughing, crying]
[horn honking]
[honking continues]
[Mary] Yes. Yes.
[grunts, pants] Got it.
Oh, my God. Got it.
Mary!
[students clamoring]
Mary!
[Mary panting, groaning]
[students scream]
Mary!
[crying]
Mary!
- Mary! - [student 1] What do we do now?
- [explosion] - [screams]
- Mary! - [Mary panting] I'm coming!
I'm coming! [panting]
- Go, go, go, go. - [Mary] Help me. Help me.
Get the water. Get the water.
[student 2] Miss Mary's here.
[panting]
[door creaks, closes]
- [Mary] Okay. - You okay?
I'm okay. I'm okay. I'm okay.
- [engine revving] - [students screaming]
[sniffles]
[exhales deeply]
Can somebody get this water to Shannon?
- [yells] - Oh, my God!
[grunts]
[Mary] Duck! Down! Cover your heads!
- [yells] - [students scream]
- Shit! - [Mary] Oh, my God!
[groans]
Everybody, hold on! Stay away from the windows.
Everyone, hold on!
Oh, my God. We gotta go right. That's the way out.
- [screams] - [Mary] Oh, my God!
[Kevin] Hold on!
Okay. Stay down. Stay down.
On the right. On the right. On the right.
- That burnt building on the right. - [screams]
This is the way out. [pants] That's it.
Here it is. This is the exit. This takes us to Roe.
[Ruby] Hello, everyone. If I could get y'all in.
Uh, my name is Ruby Bishop.
I am the school's director of transportation,
and I just wanna give you an update.
I know y'all are worried,
but I want you to know first and foremost that your children were evacuated
from Ponderosa Elementary earlier this morning. Okay?
[parent] When will we know more?
Unfortunately, shortly after leaving the school,
the fire destroyed our radio communication.
So we have not had contact with the bus since it left Ponderosa.
Wait, you don't know where they are?
[Ruby] All I know is that they're probably somewhere over in East Paradise.
[parent 2] East Paradise is on fire!
I know, but I want you to know that both police and fire command
are looking for them out there, okay?
They're doing their best,
but you must know that your children are on the bus
with a driver and a teacher named Mary Ludwig.
- Some of you may know Mrs. Ludwig? - [parents murmuring]
- Okay. - Which… Which driver is it?
Yes. His-His name is Kevin McKay. He's a new driver to our district.
- [parents 3] New driver? - [Ruby] Listen…
- Everybody, please. - [parents clamoring]
Please. I know.
I know this is really difficult news.
- He's a good driver. - [Ruby] Kevin McKay.
I can vouch for Kevin McKay, as can all of my drivers.
He is a good man, and he is gonna do everything he can.
You have to trust him.
I trust him, and right now he is all we have got out there. Okay?
[electricity crackling]
[Kevin] This is it. [panting] This is Roe Road.
Fire's behind us.
Okay, a couple of miles on this should get us out towards Neal.
Okay.
[Mary] Okay.
Rocks on the right. Rocks on the right.
Watch your left.
- There's a drop-off. - [student 1] I'm scared.
[Mary] We're gonna be okay, guys.
You don't need to worry. We're gonna get through this, okay?
[student 2] Watch out.
[Kevin] Mary.
[stammers] What do I have over there?
[stammers] Four feet?
[Mary] Two. [sighs] Maybe two and a half.
[pants]
[firefighter] Chief, our fire in Butte Creek Canyon
and our fire in the west branch have merged in Paradise.
It's burning aligned with the wind,
burning to the southwest portion of Paradise.
The only area that hasn't burned,
and the fire is heading in this direction, is this area right here.
Foster Road. Roe Road.
Hey, these are tight roads.
A lot of structures in there. It's all downhill.
You've got numerous spot fires being reported down here already.
This area's gonna be fully engulfed in fire very soon.
We have got zero resources to put down here.
They're all engaged up here.
Whatever's down here,
they're gonna have to figure out for themselves how to get out of Paradise.
We've got nothing to give 'em. Absolutely nothing.
[students coughing]
[student 1] Miss Mary.
[student 2] What are they doing over there?
[Mary] Who are those people?
- [coughing] - What are they doing?
Why are they going back towards the fire?
[person] Here! Here!
- [person 2] Yo! Hey! Hey! Stop! Stop! - [students clamoring]
[Kevin] No, no, no, no. Come around this side.
[stammers] Is there a way out down there?
[person 2] That fire's burning across the ridge.
- People are dying down there. - We got out on foot.
Do not go that way. The trailer park, everything is burning.
Everything. There's no way out.
- What the hell are we gonna do? - I-I just need to get to Neal Road.
No, you can't go to Neal Road. It's on fire.
You don't want these kids to see what we just saw.
Trust me.
Do not go that way.
Hey, we're gonna take our chances.
Shit. [sighs]
[person 3] Good luck.
[engine stops]
What do we do?
[student 1] Why have we stopped?
- [student 2] No, keep going. - I wanna go home.
Okay. Everyone, we just need to stay quiet and calm, please.
And Kevin and I, we'll, uh, figure this out.
[student 3] We need to keep moving.
Okay. I'm gonna go have a look. Check this ridge and this ridge.
Get the kids ready in case we have to take them off the bus, okay?
[Mary] Okay.
[student 4] Kevin, what are you doing? Don't go.
- Okay. Okay. - [students clamoring]
[panting]
[Mary] Okay. Kids, this is what I need for us to do.
I need us to stay quiet. I need us to stay calm.
Kevin is going to check if it's okay for us to get off the bus.
- In the meantime… - [coughs]
…I want you to grab your backpack and make a line in the aisle.
Slowly, quietly, as calmly as you can, please.
[sighs]
[panting]
[exhales deeply]
Come on.
[coughing]
[Mary] Okay. As soon as Kevin gets back, we're gonna file off, okay?
[students] Yes, ma'am.
[Mary] We're gonna stay really close.
You're gonna find someone's hand to hold, okay?
Stay really, really close.
- [knocks on door] - [student] Look. Kevin, he's back.
[Mary] There he is.
[Kevin pants] Get the kids. Seat the kids.
- We're staying on the bus. - Okay.
- Staying on the bus. - Okay. Everybody, sit down.
- [student] Wait. Wait. What? - Everybody, sit.
Miss Mary, I thought you said we were gonna go.
I did, honey. But… [stammers] …we're gonna stay on the bus.
Uh, Henry, you're…
Take a seat. We're gonna… Kevin and I are gonna figure out what…
- What happened? - We're surrounded.
- Oh, my God. - There's nowhere to go.
What? No. No, no, no. That's impossible. It's impossible.
- There's gotta be a way out. [stammers] - Listen to me.
- We're here on Roe. - Okay. Okay.
- [Kevin] This is Neal. - Okay.
[Kevin] I saw it all from the ridge, okay?
The fire's on all sides. It's here, it's here, here and here.
- Oh, my God. - We gotta st… We gotta stay here.
We gotta… We gotta stay on the bus.
We're gonna stay on the bus.
No.
- [grunts] No. We… - We're gonna stay on the bus.
No. We… No. No. No. We could go out on foot.
Those other people, they went out on foot.
- We could try on foot. - No. No way.
They won't last two minutes out there. There's no way.
They won't last… They won't last two minutes.
[both panting]
Gotta stay.
What? What, we stay here?
We just…
What do you… [stammers] We're just gonna wait? What do…
- Maybe… Maybe the fire doesn't… - What if the fire comes, but we--
Maybe it does or maybe it doesn't come, okay?
I d… I don't know.
All I do know is we are in the one place where the fire is not.
And we're alive right now. And we got a little bit of time.
Stay.
That's our only chance.
Are you sure?
Yes.
[whispers] But what if the fire comes?
What if the fire comes, Kevin?
[panting]
Listen to me.
[stammers, sobs]
What do we do with the kids if the fire comes?
We gotta stay on the bus.
Okay. [inhales shakily]
[whimpers]
- Okay? - Okay. [sobs]
Okay.
We'll stay on the… We'll stay on the bus.
We'll stay on the bus.
[crying]
[students coughing]
[inhales deeply]
[sighs]
[breathing heavily]
[Kevin] Mary, hey. I need your help.
We gotta buy some time.
I'm gonna cut my shirt up into small pieces. All right?
What are you doing?
I'm gonna make some filters for their mouths.
Wet them with some water. It can soothe their throats.
Let's move the kids to the back of the bus away from the… the air vents.
I'm gonna tape as many vents as I can, okay?
Okay.
Chief, the water supply is failing.
We've got no pressure in the hydrants.
We are losing this thing.
Can I talk to you over here for a second?
[Mary] So we're gonna rest for a little bit,
and I wanna move you to the back of the bus
so that you're further away from the smoke, okay?
[student] Okay, Miss Mary.
Honey, can we move to the back of the bus, all right?
Come on, this way.
That should help to keep some of the smoke out, okay?
So we're getting reports of people burning to death in their cars.
And we've got hundreds of people running for their lives on foot.
[students coughing]
[Mary] Okay, girls. We're gonna be here for a little while.
I want you to take this filter,
put it over your mouth and your nose and breathe, okay?
[firefighter] If we don't play this right, we're gonna wake up in the morning
to hundreds or, I don't know, even thousands of fatalities.
Okay? So at this point, we can do one thing.
We can fight fire or save lives.
We are out of time.
I want you to put it over your mouth and your nose and breathe.
- It's gonna help with the smoke, okay? - Okay.
- [Mary] Yeah? How are you doing, sweetie? - How long are we staying here?
[Mary] Thank you for taking care of her, sweetie.
Mmm.
[Mary] Ava, I want you to put this over your mouth.
[chief] Okay, listen up.
Cease all firefighting.
Get with your resources inside town
and tell them to save lives wherever they can.
That's all we can do now.
[firefighter] Copy that, Chief.
[firefighters chattering]
[person coughs] Hurry up.
[coughs]
[students coughing]
[sniffs]
[sighs]
The windows are so hot.
- I have to warn the kids. - No, no, no. I can do it.
- No, no. I can… I'm good. I can do it. - I… I know… I know you can.
Rest for a second. I… I can do it.
Okay. Thank you.
[Kevin] Hey, guys.
The walls and the windows are really hot, so… so don't touch them.
Okay? I want you to come… lean towards the aisle.
Here we go. Can you come this way a little bit?
The floor's really hot too.
Let's do the, um…
What do you do at story time?
Let's go crisscross? Apple sauce?
Say it with me.
- [students] Crisscross apple sauce. - Crisscross.
That's it, that's it. That's it. Good. Good job, buddy. Okay.
[student] Is it nighttime?
What's that, sweetie?
Is it nighttime?
No, no, no. It's not nighttime.
It's just… It's smoke. It's in between us and the sunshine. Okay?
Are we gonna be okay? [whimpers]
Yeah. [sighs] We are gonna be… Yes, we are.
And that smoke's gonna go away, and the sun's gonna come back out.
Okay?
Toby, you okay?
I want my daddy.
Yeah.
Yeah, I know you do.
He knows you do too. Okay?
Listen.
He's… He's doing everything he can to get to you.
Okay? And he's trying his best.
- Okay? Toby, look at me. - [sniffles]
Okay?
[breathing heavily]
[Kevin sighs]
How much time do we have?
Another hour maybe.
Those filters won't last much longer.
Maybe we should just let them go to sleep.
It's better.
[inhales shakily] Then if the fire comes…
- [Kevin] No, no, no. No. No. No. - [cries]
We can't… We can't let ourselves talk like that. Okay?
Okay.
[inhales sharply]
[water running, splashing]
[chief] Good afternoon. I'm Chief Martinez.
[reporters clamoring]
At approximately 6:30 a.m. this morning,
a fire was reported near the Pulga Bridge, eight miles east of Paradise.
The fire spread rapidly,
overwhelming our best efforts to contain it.
And at approximately 8:30 a.m. this morning,
the fire entered the town of Paradise.
Unfortunately, moments ago, I was forced to give the order
to cease firefighting in Paradise and focus solely on protecting life.
Right now, there's still thousands of residents trapped
or attempting to flee the fire.
And while we are doing everything we humanly can to assist them…
despite our best efforts,
this community is facing the full force of the fire alone.
- [reporters murmuring] - [shutters clicking]
So we ask for your patience,
and I'll hand it over to Sheriff Thomas, who may have more information for you.
We have to get back to work. Thank you.
[reporters clamoring]
I just wanna add one thing.
Every year the fires get bigger.
And there's more of them.
We're being damn fools. That's the truth. Thank you.
- [reporters clamoring] - [shutters clicking]
[students coughing, wheezing]
This is gonna sound silly to you…
but I've only ever left Paradise one time.
Oh.
How's that?
To go to Ohio.
Two weeks.
On my friend's farm.
And one time, Steven and I did a weekend in San Francisco.
I thought that I'd be safe here.
Just stay in Paradise.
Stay with him. Follow the rules.
And nothing bad could truly happen.
But that's no way to live a life.
Hiding away.
[sighs] That's one thing I'd change if we get out of here.
I'd take a trip.
[breathes shakily]
I'd take Jake to Legoland.
[sniffles]
Or Africa maybe. I don't know.
[sighs]
I would love to see elephants.
Animals at a watering hole.
Anything really. Just anything.
Before it's too late.
[chuckling]
[chuckles] Why are you laughing?
Ah.
I've spent my entire life trying to escape Paradise,
and now for some reason all I wanna do is make a go of it here.
Why did you wanna leave?
[Kevin] You know, when I first got the call to go pick up the kids,
uh, I started to think that maybe…
maybe I could earn a second chance if I just got the kids out safe,
you know?
Except they don't always work that way. Second chances.
[Mary] Why do you say that?
The last time I spoke to my dad was 28 years ago.
I was 16. It was Christmas Eve. And, uh…
We got into a fight.
Something about me not finishing what I started.
Same kind of shit, same fight it always was.
Anyway, he, uh…
He came at me, you know,
like he… like he usually had and done so many times before.
And for whatever reason, on this night, I snapped.
I went at him s… screaming and swinging and next thing I knew,
I slammed the front door and cursed his name.
Told him I never wanted to see him again.
He then said, "I wish you were dead."
First, it was pride, you know?
Then after a few years, my life went to shit.
Turned to shame.
A few months ago, I was working the night shift back in Reno.
And that's when I got the call.
It was my mom.
She said, "You know, Kevin, your dad's real sick.
You need to come home."
Drove all night.
But I was too late.
He died that morning.
I was too late… as a son.
Now I'm too late as a father.
How many times my son's reached out to me?
[crying]
And now it's too late.
I didn't show up.
[sniffles]
[Mary] It's not too late.
It's up to you.
- Fire! - [gasps]
[students screaming]
Oh, shit.
[Mary] There's fire.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
- [student] Behind us. - Fire in the back.
There's fire in the back. I'll be right back.
Kevin!
Kevin! Kevin! Kevin, it's in the back. It's in the back of the bus.
- There's fire. - Here. Go, go, go. Okay.
Oh, God. [pants]
[students clamoring]
[Mary grunting]
Miss Mary!
[pants, grunts]
[Mary grunts]
- [pants] - [pants] Where?
Here, here, here, here. Here.
[grunts]
[Mary] Shit!
It's out. It's out!
It's out. It's out.
[students clamoring]
- Kevin, we're out. - [grunts]
We're out. It's out.
- The spray. - Go back to the bus.
Go back to the bus. Go back to the bus!
Where are you going?
- No! No! Kevin! - [panting]
Shit.
Okay.
[Kevin grunting]
Look for fires. Look for fires.
[crying]
[screams]
Kevin!
[groans]
[students screaming]
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Kevin!
[breathes heavily]
[breathing heavily]
[Mary] Kevin!
- [horn honking] - Come on!
[panting]
It's behind us.
We gotta drive through it. Gotta drive through it.
- [Mary] Sit down, sit down! - [engine sputters]
What's wrong?
- No. - Ah! Come on.
- [Mary] No, no, no, no. - Come on, come on!
[engine sputters]
- [Mary] What? No! No. - [Kevin sighs]
Take the wheel.
- [student 1] Kevin, don't go. - [student 2] Come back.
[strains]
[student 3] What's Kevin doing?
[pants]
[groaning]
Try! Try now!
[engine sputters]
Goddamn it!
[panting]
[Kevin yelling]
- Please, please, please. - [students crying]
[Kevin grunts]
[grunting]
[Kevin] Try it! Try now!
- [engine starts] - Yes!
Okay! Okay! Okay!
[breathes shakily]
[Mary] Go! Go, go, go!
- [breathes heavily] - [engine revs]
Get down. Get down. We're going through the fire.
[students screaming]
[grunts]
[students screaming]
[panting]
[engine revs]
[screaming continues]
[panting]
Oh, God.
[students screaming]
[Kevin yells]
[yells]
[screams]
[students screaming]
[engine revs]
[yells]
[screaming continues]
I don't wanna die!
[screams]
[panting]
Miss Mary, is it over?
[breathes heavily] Oh, God.
[students crying]
[sighs]
[whimpers]
[panting]
[Mary] It's okay. It's okay.
Okay. Okay. We're okay.
[breathing heavily]
[siren wailing]
[first responders clamoring]
[crying]
[officer] Come on through. Come on through.
This way. This way! Come on!
Come on through. Follow them.
[horn honks]
[parent 1] Oh, my God. [gasps]
- [parent 2] Is that the bus? - [parent 1 sobs]
- It's them. It's them. - [clamoring]
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Mom.
[students clamoring]
[parents clamoring]
[clamoring continues]
Hi!
What are you waiting for? Let's go.
[students clamoring]
- [clamoring] - [applause]
[cries]
[student 1] Dad!
[student 2] Come on, Toby.
Here's your dad. Right here. Right here.
Thirteen, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.
[Kevin] Toby.
Good luck, buddy.
[Mary] Your mom's right there.
Toby! Toby! [laughs]
[chuckles]
[Mary] All right.
- Thank you. - [Kevin] Thank you.
You did good. You did really good.
You did too.
Send me a picture of those elephants, huh?
[both chuckle]
- [parents applauding] - [parent 1] Mary!
No, no. Your children are amazing. They were so brave.
[parent 2] Thank you, Mary.
Kevin. Kevin. Kevin.
- [parent 3] Thank you, Kevin. - [parent 4] Thank you.
Excuse me. Excuse me.
I didn't know if you got my call.
[people clamoring, laughing]
- You okay? - Yeah.
[Mary cries]
Hey, boss.
Time for maintenance.
[laughs] Yeah. I probably owe you a little overtime too, you know?
[laughs]
All right, now.
- Kevin. - Hey, sir. Hey, how are you?
Good job. Good job.
All right. Thank you, man.
[cries]
[chattering on radio]
[first responders clamoring]
[crowd clamoring]
Sir, I'm sorry…
I'm sorry. I've got to help the next one, sir.
Ma'am, come up here, please.
Ma'am, what is the name you're looking for?
- [elderly person] Miller. - [aid worker] Miller.
Ma'am, there is a Miller.
- Go to the disaster relief tent… - [gasps] Where's that?
- [whimpers] - …and look for your family, okay?
- They're over there. - Excuse me.
- Hi, there. Um, McKay. - What name?
M-C-K-A-Y.
- All right. - Gonna be a Sherry and Shaun.
[stammers] They would've come in from Magalia.
Sir, I'm sorry. I don't see that name.
We'll keep an eye out for them.
Thank you.
[aid worker] Hi, there.
[sirens wailing]
[first responders clamoring]
Ma?
- Ma. - Oh!
Hey. You made it.
How… How'd you get out?
- My neighbor, Carl… - Carl.
- …he came and got me… - Carl got you?
- …and brought me here. Yes. - [sighs]
Listen, Ma. Where's Shaun?
Where's Shaun, Ma?
He's with his mother.
He's happiest when he's with her.
He's safe.
It's for the best. Okay?
Yeah.
It is.
[bird squawking]
[chattering on radio]
[car door closes]
《火燒天堂鎮》
（北加州，天堂鎮）
（二零一八年十一月七日，週三，下午四點）
坐好
拜託別胡鬧，住手，謝謝
（校車）
再見
- 謝謝 - 不客氣，一天愉快
九六三號呼叫基地
克里夫頓路的學生已下車，完畢
収到，九六三號
開打…
再見，謝謝
不客氣
嘿，拜託別亂玩窗戶
九六三號呼叫基地
所有學生都下車了，完畢
収到，九六三號
同時，獨行俠終結連敗紀錄
以一百一十九比一百狂電巫師
今日天氣晴朗、乾燥又風大
破紀錄的乾旱期依舊沒有緩解跡像
已經皕一十天完全沒下雨
而且別忘了
針對布特郡與周邊地區發佈的 紅旗野火警告
會持續到週五
並且可能停電
至於明天，你猜對了 天氣會更乾燥，風也更強
陣風時速高達九十六到一百廿八公里
本地消息方面，經歷八…
嘿，比利公園要找哪位？我能找誰？
問看一九零
太好了
- 這是基地，麥克，你在嗎？ - 妳需要什麼？
對，今天你能去比利公園接人嗎？ 菲爾翹班了
- 沒問題，老闆 - 太感謝你了
基地通話完畢，嘿，凱文
- 什麼事？ - 你有帶打卡單給我嗎？
沒有，明天我一定會帶來
好，而且領班說你的維修進度晚了
那是你的責任
- 好嗎？ - 瞭解
嗨，你好，我是聯合運輸區的露比
好
- 嘿，老闆 - 好的，等一下
嘿，你好，我是巴士車廠的露比
請問你是否知道 太平洋瓦電公司的斷電計畫？
我們収到紅旗警告 所以我必須知道學校是否會關閉
好的，我等
- 什麼事？ - 我要問額外値班的事
我這個月需要加班
我得付我爸的醫藥費，還得照顧我媽
我的前妻在家
所以這段時間我手頭很緊
我無法幫你多排班，凱文
老闆，我接下這份工作時，妳說過…
我說有可能，對吧？
在這裡待比較久，也比較資深的那些人
- 會先被安排加班 - 嘿，兄弟，快點
- 你少管閒事，老頭 - 嘿
若有任何機會，我會告訴你
瞭解嗎？
瞭解
我才嫑在線上等
理查，我非常抱歉
沒關係
（天堂鎮獸醫集團）
- 喂 - 嘿，凱文，我是艾佛瑞醫生
艾維斯的X光報告出來了
恐怕是壞消息
牠的癌細胞擴散了
我認為時候到了
好的，醫生，我今晚就帶牠過去，謝謝
嘿，小子，你好嗎？
過來…小子
過來
跳起來
我抱住你了…
小子，你晚餐要吃漢堡嗎？
要嗎？
我抱住你了，小子
- 嘿，媽 - 嘿，凱文
躺下吧，小子
好了
尚恩在家
- 在家？ - 他說他生病了
妳相信他？
現在我最需要學校董事會找我的麻煩
你還好嗎？
並不好，媽
我似乎衰運連連
所以呢？你要搬回雷諾嗎？
沒有
我衹是…
我無法在這裡生活下去
你爸就熬過去了
對，但我不是他，記得嗎？
學校很重要，小子
你就不覺得重要啊
躺下
小子，我的情況不一樣
- 你輟學，對吧？ - 對，沒錯
我們懷上了你，我非得輟學
- 所以是我的錯囉？ - 不
這不是你的錯，小子
我衹是…嫑你跟我犯下同樣的錯誤
就這樣而已
快點，打開揹包，把東西好好擺在抽屜裡
這週六我休假
你我可以在週末出去晃晃
不用了
我不舒服
跟我談談吧，小子
跟我談談
你以為我想待在這裡嗎？
你以為我想待在這裡照顧你阿嬤嗎？
好的，但是你…嫑…
嘿，聽我說，我別無選擇，但你有
爸，我得改變生活方式根本不公平
你成熟一點吧
等你得付賬單就知道了
還做著沒前途的工作
薪水少得可憐，又不能辭職
你知道連抱怨都不行的滋味嗎？
你知道那種
- 人生無望的感覺嗎？ - 對，我知道
- 你他媽的怎麼知道？ - 我看你就知道了
現在這成了我的錯嗎？
當然不是，爸爸
從來不是
跟你說，我他媽的恨你
我希望你死掉
好的，小子
- 乖狗狗 - 你養牠很久嗎？
從小就養了
- 你要抱著牠嗎？ - 要
沒事的，小子
沒事的
沒事的，小子
（二零一八年十一月八日，週四 早上六點十五分）
天氣方面，天堂鎮又是乾燥風大的一天
峽谷中的陣風時速高達一百廿八公里
紅旗野火警告仍持續中，所以請小心
務必立刻回報任何煙霧或火災跡像
至於明天…
嘿，各位，有幾棵樹
在羅路上被強風吹倒了
是羅路，所以…也要小心輸電線
好的，基地通話完畢
- 嘿，凱文 - 嘿，老闆
今天早上技師來了
所以你回來之後 我要你把九六三號開去維修
里程已經超過三千公里了
我要你留下來看他檢查
會花上幾小時，但你得瞭解這些事
- 好嗎？ - 好的，老闆
這是昨天的打卡單
謝謝你，先生
很高興跟你合作
（加州消防局）
- 消防局 - 是的，嘿
我正在波加橋旁的七零號公路
在峽谷西邊好像出現地表火
而且燒得很猛烈
好的，波加橋旁的七零號公路
請你稍等，先生
好的，我好像也看見這個情況了
謝謝你回報，我們會出動消防隊，好嗎？
（嘉寶峽谷，加州三六號消防局 天堂鎮東方十二點八公里）
他的手臂跟你的大腿一樣粗
他像這樣
嘉寶峽谷，植被起火
二一六一與二一七六號車，有人通報植被起火
在波加橋附近的七零號公路
請回應
奧羅維爾，二一六一與二一七六號車正前往處理
站起來，兄弟們，我們幹活去吧
動作快
再等五分鐘我就能吃到早餐了
- 早安 - 早安
（嘿，兒子，回我訊息，你在嗎？）
（你有収到嗎？嘿，尚恩，你醒了嗎？）
好的，上車吧，很安全
一定是電纜故障，就在那些輸電線塔下方
要怎麼過去是個問題
那裡呢？
我們的消防車進得去嗎？
很窄，但我們試看吧
好的，準備開過去
- 出動吧 - 走
（松樹嶺小學）
媽，我現在不方便說話，待會再打給妳
好的，下車吧…
再見
- 謝謝 - 再見
（媽）
- 謝謝 - 再見
好，晚點見
- 謝謝，祝一天愉快 - 你們也是
小心這一側，這條路無法承受太多重量
對，我看得出來
二一七六號車，這裡是二一六一號車
小心右邊，看起來有點晃
瞭解，隊長
好的，前方有濃煙
我覺得情況不妙
繼續前進吧
在火勢燎原之前趕快撲滅它
天啊
說吧，媽
我一直想辦法聯絡你
尚恩在嘔吐
他眞的身體不舒服
靠
他有發燒嗎？
不知道，他在廁所裡
九六三號，這是基地，聽見了嗎？
妳等一下，媽
基地，這是九六三號
你把孩子們都送過去了嗎？
對，老闆，全都送過去了
那就把巴士開進來，技師正在等你
好的，我要先去加油
你應該在接人之前就加好油，九六三號
瞭解，老闆，我儘量
我一加完油就開過去，好嗎？
九六三號通話完畢
對，媽，妳有替他量體溫嗎？
我正在找溫度計
應該在急救箱裡
不在裡面
在廚房水槽下面嗎？媽，妳去找找看
我得停車加油了
- 我馬上回電給妳，好嗎？ - 好的
快點…
眞是夠了
好的，我來處理
- 奧羅維爾，這是二一六一號車 - 這是奧羅維爾
我看到狀況了
火勢在輸電線下方往西南方延燒
範圍肯定有零點四平方公里左右
嘿，我覺得情況不妙，我們沒有逃脫路線
我們很接近了，完成任務吧
你自己看，隊長，我們不可能開上去
我們必須調頭
找另一個滅火點吧
這條路不安全
隊長，快調頭
好吧
奧羅維爾，這是二一六一號車
二一六一號，奧羅維爾収到
我們下不去，這裡太危險了
我們得回去山脊，看能否找到新的滅火點
収到，我們正在七零號公路上的 史庫特咖啡廳成立災難應變處
已動用資源
快點
快點開車啊
二一零二大隊
二一八六、二一八二、二一六二號消防車
二一四零、二一四二號運輸車 布特郡小組一、二、三號
據報在營溪路區域的植被起火
請前往七零號公路上 位於史庫特咖啡廳的災難應變處支援
對，繼續派過來
- 好，情況如何？ - 好的
起火點大約是這裡，好嗎？
面積大約零點八到一點二平方公里 大約在這個範圍延燒
強烈東風將火吹向下方的峽谷
嘉寶峽谷的消防車試圖穿越營溪路滅火
但是沒辦法，因為路太窄又太陡
他們折返了
現在他們正開上山脊
想從山頂找路往下滅火
有出動其他消防車嗎？
有，另外五個救火工作隊正要趕來
収到，有任何社區受到威脅嗎？
有，西邊一點六公里外的波加鎮
這是個舊淘金地點，現在沒人住
還有康考
好，所以有好幾公里的範圍沒被火勢波及
主要影響到拖車跟小木屋，共八百人
退休人士跟農場經營者之類的
我們發佈撤離警告吧，以防萬一
- 好 - 天堂鎮情況如何？
大隊長，那位於峽谷另一端 遠在十三公里外
約有兩萬七千名居民
我覺得沒問題，他們應該不會有事
- 喂 - 呃…
- 什麼？ - 四
- 四什麼？ - 一一
不，聽著，不可能是卌三度，絕不可能
若燒到卌三度，他早就死了
- 一號 - 幾號加油機？
我看不清楚這些數字，字太小了
叫尚恩唸給妳聽
- 他在… - 尚恩，你在嗎？
- 卅八度 - 尚恩，跟我講電話，好嗎？
他發燒了，不想講話，凱文
他說晚點再跟你談
- 他八成衹需要媽媽 - 我確定他不需要媽媽，好嗎？
他生病了，但他有爸爸在身邊
我會照顧他，妳也會
聽著，媽，現在我不方便講話 我得把巴士開去車廠
我會經過藥局，然後替尚恩買點藥
我下班後會儘快回家，好嗎？
災難應變營，這是奧羅維爾
我們得到未經證實的通報 說該區域發生另一場火災
奧羅維爾，這是災難應變營，請說 地點在哪裡？
災難應變營，這是奧羅維爾，我們不確定
該區域有大量濃煙，幾臺攝影機也損毀
但我認為是在康考北邊的林姆路外緣
奧羅維爾，災難應變營収到
你覺得呢？那是第二個起火點或團火？
我們在五公里外
我覺得那不可能是團火
那距離原本的起火點太遠了
好的
- 我認為有兩場火災 - 災難應變處，我們接獲一通
太平洋瓦電公司的來電 他們指出有斷電情形
約十分鐘前在康考區林姆路
- 我想這… - 的確是輸電線起火
…跟第二個起火點有關 該區有輸電線損毀
太平洋瓦電公司的架線工來了 你要他們等嗎？
- 不，我要跟他們談 - 好的
你們在搞什麼？現在發生兩場火災
我要你們關閉該區域的所有輸電線
立刻關閉，以免發生更多火災
昨晚就發佈紅旗警告了，你們清楚得很
你們為何不當時就關閉？
聽著，我們會派人去變電所關閉
我們也會去輸電線塔修理故障的纜線
現在有兩場火災
你們的總部應該負責，不是你們的錯 但我們趕緊處理這件事吧
梅西納…
再增派五支工作隊前往新的起火點
大隊長，你有聽見他要求優先路權嗎？
災難應變營 這是二一三六工程車，要求優先路權
二一三六工程車，這是災難應變營，請說
我是二一三六工程車的霍普金斯工程師
我正下班準備離開康考
這裡的情況越來越嚴重，請註意
有漫天的濃煙跟餘燼
- 你確定嗎？在康考？ - 康考？
我確定，我正在開車經過
有餘燼從建築物周遭落下
火勢越過防火線了
更正，這裡出現一個團火
更正，有好幾個團火
我計算有一、二、三個大團火
擴散速度非常快
能見度迅速降低
火焰延燒的範圍未免也太大了
肯定至少有八公里
你覺得是另一組輸電線故障嗎？
不，我保證在康考已經斷電了
這段距離非常遠
梅西納
聽我說，衹有一場火災
- 不，那… - 是一場火災
不，火勢不可能以那種方式延燒
- 全都是一場火災 - 若衹是一場火災
火勢範圍大約是…那樣
好的，我們出動資源去康考
空中滅火機、消防車，他需要什麼都提供
- 滅火機，對 - 収到，有聽見嗎？
好的，若在康考有火災
我們就必須把撤離警告改成撤離命令
- 就這麼辦 - 好的
新的防火線是喬登山路
所有的司機聽好了，這是基地
看來今天眞的很特別
因為我們得知加州消防局去康考滅火
所以，你們都知道該怎麼做
嫑聽廣播，註意紅色警戒，好嗎？
九六三號，這是基地，你在路上了嗎？
基地，這是九六三號 我大約十五分鐘後就到，老闆
我得再迅速去一個地方
凱文，你必須把九六三號巴士開入車廠
否則就會趕不上下午的接送路線
我說過，這至少得花兩小時
我瞭解，老闆 我家裡出了一點事，好嗎？
凱文，我不在乎，好嗎？
我要你立刻把巴士開回來 技師無法等你一整天
好的，老闆，我儘快開過去，完畢
- 所有人都撤離，快點 - 救命
上那輛卡車，好嗎？
所有人都撤離
快點
什麼都別帶，別管那個了，什麼都別帶
立刻上車
- 嘿，裡面還有人嗎？ - 沒有
裡面有人嗎？
快點，寶貝，我們走
消防局
各位，我們走吧
別拿行李了
所有人都撤離
- 媽咪 - 別拿了
- 我們必須離開，快點 - 不
我說立刻帶她上車，快點
- 妳有車嗎？ - 沒有
那就搭那輛白色卡車 快點，我們走，抓緊
快走
災難應變營，這是二一三六工程車
請註意，我們需要醫護人員 治療多名燒傷患者
我正在組成車隊
我們正要從康考路離開
跟我來，跟緊一點
大家嫑走散
大家坐穩了，好嗎？
走吧
（藥局）
- 有人嗎？ - 你有什麼問題嗎？
- 關於… - 有人嗎？
我馬上過來
好的
不錯，而且可以用嚼的
妳可以吃那個
我覺得不行
好的
小姐，我的兒子…發燒了，還嘔吐
剛才我在講電話
- 你兒子幾歲？ - 沒關係
十四歲
- 他會過敏嗎？ - 其實他十五歲
對，他十五歲，不…
- 我不知道 - 他有食物不耐癥之類的嗎？
應該沒有吧
給我治療發燒跟嘔吐的標準藥物就好
好的，聽起來
- 泰諾最適合他 - 對
太好了，謝謝
太好了，總共七點二五美元
好，沒問題
- 我馬上過去，琳達 - 你要袋子嗎？
不用，這樣就行了，不用找錢
先生，我可以…
- 對，說吧，什麼？不 - 凱文，發生什麼事？
尚恩一直傳訊給我說他想回家
- 不 - 他說他要我去接他
- 不，那太扯了 - 他聽起來很難過
- 發生什麼事？ - 沒事啊
我們發生一點誤會，我以為他翹課
- 他有嗎？ - 有什麼？
- 他有翹課嗎？ - 沒有
是我的錯，他得了腸胃炎
但是，聽著，我剛買了泰諾 所以一切都很好
並不好，凱文，他生病了，而且說想回家
現在我沒空講這些，琳達
妳聽見了嗎？我早該把巴士開回車廠維修
你以為我很閒嗎？ 我也得工作，你知道嗎？
而且彼特跟我今晚就要去科羅拉多了
- 今晚？ - 對，今晚
我跟你說過了
是我不好，聽著，琳達，我再回電給妳
九六三號呼叫基地
好的，九六三號，這是基地 凱文，你在路上了嗎？
有那場火災的新消息嗎？
因為我正在馬加力亞，我能看見煙柱
就在峽谷上方，好嗎？
- 而且正朝我們吹來 - 凱文，沒有新消息
加州消防局正在處理，好嗎？
現在立刻把巴士開回來 我已經要求你三次了
你若不開回來，就去找別的工作吧
基地通話完畢
好的，老闆，我立刻回去
災難應變營，這是空中消防營
滅火機已出動
約四分鐘後抵達
収到，消防車已出動
正前往康考水庫，在喬登山路上往南開
収到
那些消防車大約何時抵達？
天堂鎮的消防車十八分鐘之後到
収到，二一三六工程車，空中消防營已出動
消防車十八分鐘之後抵達
不行，太久了，我們在這裡會被燒死
天啊
撐住，各位
這是空中消防營 空中滅火機出動，準備空投阻燃劑
災難應變營，這是空中消防營
風勢太強，我們難以命中目標
空中消防營，這是災難應變營 我要你們嘗試第二條通道
大隊長，天堂鎮消防車 十五分鐘後會從康考抵達
好的，奧羅維爾，這是災難應變營
災難應變營，這是奧羅維爾，請說
奧羅維爾，災難應變營要求十架 空中滅火機，六架一型直昇機
一架引導機，再增派廿五輛消防車 立刻前往康考
災難應變營，奧羅維爾収到
全郡的飛機、十架滅火機
六架一型直昇機 再增派廿五輛消防車，立刻出動
奧羅維爾，収到，現在將資源移往康考
二一三六工程車，你能開到卡美洛路嗎？
不能，道路被火勢阻擋，我被困住了
這場火會把他們燒死
- 叫他們上橋 - 霍夫曼橋嗎？
- 叫他們上霍夫曼橋 - 那是最理想的地方
二一三六工程車，你能開往霍夫曼橋 並躱在水裡嗎？
災難應變營，我試看
好，聽著
我一停車，你們就要下車
然後跑進小溪裡
一進入小溪，就摀住嘴巴，保護氣道
務必要照做，好嗎？大家都瞭解嗎？
好的，下車吧
快點，立刻進入水裡
進入水裡，快點
撐住，進入水裡
這是二一三六工程車
有好幾位居民在小溪裡避難
天啊
可惡
跑得越遠越好
快點
二一三六工程車
即將全面燃燒
支援何時會抵達？
二一三六工程車，収到 空中消防營正在尋找第二條通道
消防車十分鐘之後抵達
災難應變營，這是空中消防營
空中滅火機正在前往
空中消防營，災難應變營収到
過來
保持冷靜
災難應變營，這是二一八二號車
我們沿途遭遇很多障礙物，無法通過
路被阻斷了
重複，道路完全被阻斷了
空中消防營，這是災難應變營 告訴我空投進度
（加州消防局）
災難應變營，這是空中消防營 空投完全沒效果，完全沒有
可惡，天堂鎮的消防車去哪了？
我剛才得知他們開不過去
他們被困住了，開不過去
聚在一起，救援快來了
保持冷靜，我們會熬過去的
低頭
全面燃燒…
二一三六工程車，你的情況如何？
二一三六工程車，聽見了嗎？
- 快點回應 - 快點
二一三六工程車，聽見了嗎？
情況不妙
第一波火勢過去了
我們正在小溪裡避難
有好幾人被燒傷，需要立即協助
二一三六工程車，収到，待在原地
我們會派醫護人員過去 並用推土機挖出撤離路徑
你不明白，這是極端火勢
蔓延速度極快，正往西邊的天堂鎮延燒
尚恩
嘿，我是爸爸，聽著…
關於昨晚我很抱歉
好的，我很難過你身體不舒服
我剛買了一些藥
我一下班回家就給你吃藥，好嗎？
聽著，我要你幫我一個忙
就是…康考發生火災
我覺得沒必要擔心
但為求保險，打開第七頻道 你才能知道最新消息
好嗎？我不希望阿嬤擔心
你也知道她很容易擔心
好的，小子
下班後見
希望你有舒服一點了
奧羅維爾，這是災難應變營 我們需要撤離民眾
通知鎮辦公廳
發佈強制撤離警告 針對第三、第八和第十四區，東天堂鎮
與潘茲路以東的所有地方
預估共四千名居民
災難應變營，奧羅維爾収到
- 第 三、八、十四區強制撤離 - 大家保持專註
我們有計畫，要貫徹始終
（加州消防局）
（天堂鎮辦公廳）
好的，對，我瞭解，好
他們發佈了撤離命令
電話都不通了
快點
好的，告訴我是哪幾個區
三、八跟十四區
僅限東天堂鎮
傳不出去，沒有傳出去
好的
快啊
（天堂鎮撤離計畫，訊號錯誤）
空中消防營，這是災難應變營 峽谷立刻需要空中支援
我們需要你們爭取時間
大隊長，你看往天堂鎮蔓延的火勢
災難應變營，這是空中消防營
空投毫無效果
火勢正往峽谷西邊延燒
風速是大問題
災難應變營収到，我們需要外界的資源
要求立刻增派五十個工作隊
災難應變營，奧羅維爾収到
時間會有延誤，先生，至少兩至三小時
大隊長，若我們無法立刻將資源 送入天堂鎮
這座城鎮就會毀於一旦
到時就來不及了
我們要失去空中支援了
在這種情況下飛行太危險了
他們不可能在這樣的風速中繼續飛行
災難應變營，這是三分隊，我們無力回天
火勢延燒至整座峽谷，我們阻止不了
聽見了嗎？我們阻止不了
（龐德羅莎小學）
好，瑪莉的班級，坐下
同學們
我們不必全都往窗外看
衹是另一場山火 沒什麼特別，回來坐下吧
把一本書拿出來
- 我們應該怎麼做？ - 還是沒収到撤離命令
我嫑等了
好，我們儘快讓孩子們回家去
好的，我會寄電郵給家長們
若你們的學生有手機，或知道家長的號碼
- 就請家長來接回去 - 好的，但是…
但我有幾個學生家長在外地工作
絕對不可能及時趕來，那些學生怎麼辦？
好的，我想他們肯定有另一個集合點
所以，我們先集合那些 家長無法來接的學生
我也會繼續聯絡鎮辦公廳
好的，謝謝
好的…
艾可，你知道你媽的電話號碼嗎？
- 知道 - 你知道嗎？
- 太好了，四三… - 四三五二三二…
好的，等一下，我要請你寫下來
還有誰知道媽媽或爸爸的電話號碼？
- 喂 - 你說過會回電給我
抱歉，我分心了
聽著，我不想吵架
我受夠了每週都在吵同樣的事
我們不必吵架，小琳，沒什麼好吵的
好，我原本不知道兒子生病了
那是無心之過，妳不必插手
那他為何打給我？
我不知道，琳達，他才十五歲
他跟爸爸吵架，就打給媽媽
妳嫑小題大作，我會處理
基地呼叫九六三號，你在哪裡？
這是九六三號，我約十分鐘後抵達
這裡塞車
面對現實吧，凱文，你就是…不可靠
不，我現在不想跟妳吵，小琳
我嫑坐在這裡 回想我是在哪些方面對不起妳
聽著，最近我很不好過
因為我爸過世了
別拿你爸當藉口
葬禮是四個月前的事 何況你廿年來幾乎沒跟他聯絡
他毀了你的人生
你是這樣跟我說的
胡說八道，琳達
胡說八道，妳這樣太沒品了
對不起
我太不厚道了
衹是我已經很久 沒有跟任何人在週末度假，打從…
你懂我的意思
你能把無線電調小聲一點嗎？ 我幾乎聽不見你說話
我調小聲了
我想說的是，我知道你的日子不好過
但你得替尚恩著想
當他看著你，他衹看見…
看見什麼？
他看著我的時候看見什麼？
- 別逼我說出口，凱文 - 不，妳儘管說，說吧
- 你知道我的意思 - 說出來
你的人生一團糟是有原因的
而且尚恩不想待在你身邊
我得掛了
基地呼叫所有司機
這裡的通訊發生問題
有人聽見我嗎？
嘿…尚恩，我是爸爸
聽著…
我必須知道你平安無事，小子，我…
若你聽見任何一則留言就回電給我，拜託
好嗎？我得…
我得把巴士開去車廠
等維修兩小時，然後我就…
其實呢…
我現在就回家
小子，你聽見了嗎？
我現在就回家
我替你買了藥，我頂多廿分鐘就到家
嘿，所有司機，這是基地
有一個重要新消息
現在衹要撤離東天堂鎮
- 哪些區？ - 東天堂鎮三、八跟十四區
衹有三、八跟十四區
克拉克路以東到潘茲路的所有司機
必須立刻撤離該區域
他們擔心火勢會從康考蔓延過峽谷
所以若你們的車上有小孩
就必須帶他們一路往西，前往奇科車廠
重複，撤離集合點是奇科車廠
基地通話完畢
好，親愛的，上車吧
快點，停車
好的，我們就…
我馬上回來
好的，我們収到撤離命令了
顯然他們的系統故障，無法將訊息傳出
他們要把每一個還沒被接走的學生
送去天堂鎮小學
好嗎？那是新的集合點
他們會叫所有的家長去那裡
好的，總共廿三個小孩沒有交通工具
我們要怎麼送他們過去？
我的車可以載四個
- 我沒開車，所以我幫不上忙 - 不
我們無法親自送他們過去
我們沒有足夠的汽車
- 對 - 他們必須派一輛巴士過來
- 打給露比 - 好，我去聯絡車廠
嗨，安娜，我是瑪莉
聽著，他們要撤離東天堂鎮 而且我聯絡不到傑克
史帝芬又去外地工作
我在想妳能不能去接他
然後我再儘快跟你們會合
好的，謝謝妳
讓我知道妳聽到這通留言 好嗎？我愛妳，再見
聯合校區運輸辦公室
抱歉，妳能說大聲一點嗎？
是龐德羅莎小學的校長
是的，女士
他們需要一輛巴士載孩子們往西走
去另一個集合點，在天堂鎮小學
就在撤離區外圍
那條路上有任何司機嗎？看一下路線圖
- 西薩 - 什麼事？
我要你出去準備一輛巴士，以防萬一
- 好的 - 好的，女士
我們會立刻派一輛巴士過去，好嗎？
妳就等著，好嗎？
非常感謝妳
好的，再見
基地呼叫所有司機 這是撤離通知的最新消息
出了狀況
龐德羅莎小學
我重複，龐德羅莎小學出了狀況
有廿三個小孩受困在撤離區
他們的家長來不及去接他們
需要有人去接他們
然後載去另一個集合點，天堂鎮小學
有誰目前空車，又剛好在東天堂鎮嗎？
九八七號呼叫基地，抱歉，我的車全滿
我還沒抵達我的學校
九一零號呼叫基地，我的車也全滿，露比
十分鐘後就要送孩子們回家
快點
九二二號呼叫基地，我正前往奇科
我剛經過基地，但我可以折返
不，九二二號，嫑折返
你離開之後就別回來了
沿途很快就會大塞車，好嗎？
誰在東天堂鎮有空的巴士
可以去接那些小孩？
不
九六三號呼叫基地，我可以去接他們
凱文，是你嗎？
是的
對，我還在鎮上的這個區域，記得嗎？
我遲到了
對，我記得
好，那我們改天再維修就行了，好嗎？
聽著，若你能去接那些小孩出來就太好了
對，凱文，你聽見了嗎？
収到，叫他們準備上車
我立刻過去
“而且那是…”
巴士來了，好的，大家坐好
請大家繼續坐著
要撤離廿個小孩嗎？
他們在裡面，進去右轉
- 嗨 - 嗨
- 你來接孩子們嗎？ - 對，是的，他們準備好了嗎？
對，我們正叫他們集合
- 好 - 你的名字是？
- 凱文，而且… - 凱文，嗨，我是瑪莉
- 嗨，他們越快集合… - 對，太好了，我們…
- 我們很快就會叫他們排隊 - 好的
這些孩子的家長沒辦法趕來 因為他們的工作…
- 天堂鎮小學，瞭解 - 對，另一個接送點
對，瞭解，我準備出發了
- 我是海斯校長，謝謝你來 - 嗨，好的
- 好的 - 越快越好
我們要在孩子們面前保持冷靜
孩子們，這位是我們的巴士司機凱文 大家可以向凱文問好嗎？
嗨，凱文
大家可以排成兩列隊伍嗎？
最矮的排前面，最高的排後面
凱文會開車載你們去天堂鎮小學
然後你們的家長就會去接你們
我會帶隊，校長
請妳殿後，我們邊走妳邊計算人數
準備好的人就舉手
讓我看見你們的眼睛，看著我
我要看見所有人的眼睛
- 大家要走了嗎？ - 要
我們要冷靜且慢慢地走出去
大家嫑跟夥伴走散了
- 好的，走吧 - 好，快來
- 你覺得要多久？十分鐘嗎？ - 對，若我們動作快的話
但沿途的交通越來越壅塞 所以我們越快越好
好的，我們有時間
其實呢，女士
我覺得妳不瞭解這個情況有多緊急
我瞭解這個情況有多緊急
而且我叫瑪莉，不是“女士”
若你們有帽兜就戴上
若有揹包就擺在頭上
沒事的…
衹是天空中的消防機 大家用揹包，好嗎？
好的
上車後就找座位，寶貝
安靜並冷靜，排成一列
嫑急，慢慢來
九六三號呼叫基地
我們正在讓孩子們上車
訊號很差，我等情況明朗再通知，完畢
我要大家坐好，聽凱文的話
- 好嗎？ - 等一下
艾力克斯，我要找艾力克斯
- 艾力克斯，親愛的，你媽來了 - 艾力克斯
好，妳的東西都帶了嗎？
- 快走吧，好的 - 謝天謝地
我們走吧
好，你可以出發了
喂，女士
不行，妳要一起來，沒錯
不，我得回去鎖門
不，妳不能，我…
我衹負責載他們過去，好嗎？
抵達之後我無法久留，牽小手之類的
我也得回家顧家人
好嗎？妳得上車
我覺得他一個人沒辦法，我必須一起去
- 安靜 - 沒關係的
我會請那邊的老師載我回來
- 拿去，帶撤離計畫去總部 - 妳可以自己鎖門嗎？
- 可以 - 好的，我來了
我來了
- 可以了 - 抓穩
我們上車了，待會就到
車程大約是十分鐘
你們有看見那些消防車嗎？
好的，這是學校的撤離路線
我們…是東線 所以要沿著潘茲路一路往南
然後在皮爾森路右轉，抵達天堂鎮小學
我覺得這樣不好，妳自己看
有比潘茲路更好的選項
好，但計畫是這樣，所以我們要照做
妳說了算，老師
交通徹底癱瘓了，你看那些路塞成這樣
想去奇科至少得塞廿四公里
大隊長，我們正抵達遊樂園
収到
我要針對全鎮發佈強制撤離命令
涵蓋各區，即刻生效
大隊長，你不能這麼做，會天下大亂
這牽涉到兩萬六千人
若你要求所有人撤出
消防車就絕對進不來
你沒在聽我說，火勢正從峽谷蔓延過來
我親眼看見的，而且速度很快
有兩個選擇
跳脫體制，或照本宣科，然後害死所有人
你承擔得起這個責任嗎？
大隊長，我們提早找來了團隊
- 収到 - 好的
嘿，大隊長 我是太平洋瓦電公司的馬克羅傑斯
我從總部找了一個團隊，我們可以協助
關閉鎮上的電源就好 其餘的事我們會處理
- 好的 - 好，聽著
我們得給大隊長一點空間 待會再去找你談
就…不，我衹想說若你們有需要 我們可以幫忙
針對全鎮發佈強制撤離命令
収到，大隊長，奧羅維爾，這是任務營
基地呼叫一七九號，一七九號，你安全嗎？
你離開東天堂鎮了嗎？
- 這是一七九號，我們離開了 - 太好了
還剩下誰？
衹剩下九六三號
其他人都離開了
基地呼叫九六三號
基地呼叫九六三號，你離開東天堂鎮了嗎？
九六三號呼叫基地
聽見了嗎？
嫑害怕，消防車正在救火
- 他們正在努力 - 九六三號呼叫基地
- 他們會保護我們 - 有人聽見嗎？
好嗎？我們在潘茲路 交通阻塞，我們動彈不得
九六三號，収到請回答
妳能打他的手機嗎？
他為何是最後離開的巴士？眞是夠了
九六三號呼叫基地，聽見了嗎？
聽到請回答，完畢
這輛巴士上有任何安全措施嗎？
有的，有這個
跟那個
太好了，那會超有幫助的
所以你是剛來鎮上嗎？
不是，我幾個月前才回來
我在這裡長大
那感覺如何？
我沒想到卌四歲還會待在這裡
你覺得車程會花多久？
很難說
若我們準時離開學校，妳沒有拖拖拉拉
就大約是十分鐘 但現在應該會變成廿到卅分鐘
看來衹能聽天由命了，好的，孩子們
我們把窗戶關起來，濃煙才不會飄進來
嗨，救災指揮中心嗎？
我是天堂鎮聯合校區的露比畢夏 我失去了所有的無線通訊
還有一輛巴士下落不明
是九六三號，就在東天堂鎮某處
若你們的消防車看見他，能通知我嗎？
謝謝
好的…
九六三號，你聽見了嗎？
凱文，你能聽見我嗎？這是基地
親愛的，我們要…
把窗戶關上，煙霧才不會飄進來
- 你叫什麼名字？ - 班傑明
班傑明，你在克莉絲媞老師的班上嗎？ 對，我記得
瑪莉老師，另一扇窗戶沒關
對，把它關上吧
不管了
凱文
你在做什麼？計畫是留在潘茲路上
我要轉去克拉克路 是平行路線，交通一定比較順暢
但計畫不是那樣的
- 計畫是留在潘茲路 - 別管什麼計畫了，老師
跟妳說
嘿，我大可以停在這裡
塞在車陣中，若妳想這樣的話
- 當然嫑現在停車 - 妳要我停在這裡嗎？
廢話，那就讓我開車
- 你有什麼毛病？ - 妳有看見那場大火嗎？
就像他媽的國慶日煙火，好嗎？
換成我就會坐好，因為我要大左轉
- 坐穩了，各位 - 抓緊
天啊，抓穩了，孩子們
天啊，凱文
抓穩
老天爺
- 我們安全了 - 大家都還好嗎？
我們沒事，繼續往前開了
下次你又做這種事之前 可以先問過我嗎？
妳要早點到那裡，或按規矩來？
我們必須負責任
對，我認為意思就是 要儘快把這些小孩送到父母身邊
妳不認為嗎？
- 沒人接 - 凱文，収到請回答
這是紅色警告，立刻撤離所有區域
露比，我們得走了，我必須斷電
- 我知道 - 我要帶組員離開這裡
好的，拿我的鑰匙，好嗎？
九六三號，你有聽見嗎？
那妳呢？一直住在這裡嗎？
對，土生土長
這座城鎮從來不適合我
那你為何回來？
我爸在幾個月前過世
- 很遺憾 - 不，沒關係
我們並不親
所以你是要留下嗎？
目前是
妳呢？有家庭嗎？
有
我結婚十九年
也是天堂鎮的模範家庭，對吧？
是啊
我有一個孩子
傑克，他十五歲
原本我要去接他，但…
我不曉得，抱歉
沒關係
我妹會去接他
他的爸爸在外地
不會有事的
等我們把孩子們送往目的地 我就會去找他
- 好的，大家還好嗎？ - 我們不會有事吧？
對，我們不會有事，親愛的
我們的寵物還好嗎？
我們何時能見到爸媽？
待會就能見到了，好嗎？
我們衹想儘快把你們 送到安全的地方，好嗎？
親愛的，怎麼了？
我們何時會到那裡？
很快就到了，好嗎？
親愛的，妳還好嗎？
妳要去前面跟別人一起坐
還是要自己坐？
凱文，若你能聽見我 他們正在撤離整座城鎮
緊急服務站設立在廿四公里外的
奇科遊樂園，那裡很安全
嫑讓那些孩子下車
直接載他們去奇科，好嗎？
露比，沒時間了，我們必須離開
- 我得帶團隊離開 - 好啦
露比
凱文，若你有聽到，我們奇科見，好嗎？
註意安全，基地通話完畢
快點
大隊長，火勢正迅速從東天堂鎮蔓延
剛才H大隊通知我
羽河醫院的心臟科大樓起火
頂樓很堅固
目前外面有十五到廿個傷患
我們正在盡力救他們出去
你們要盡力保住醫院，好嗎？
替我聯絡布特郡的醫護員 說我們需要幫助
大隊長，空中消防營已經停飛所有消防機
我會儘快回報你最新狀況
但目前空中沒有消防機
- 完全沒有 - 可惡
撤離路線的情況如何？交通順暢嗎？
你能看見火勢從克拉克路延燒
所有人都受到火勢影響
潘茲路嚴重塞車
天空之路依舊暢通，車流緩慢
那些棄車怎麼辦？
消防車很難進去
我要把阻礙交通的每一輛車都推到路邊
好嗎？有必要就出動推土機
瞭解
我們不能失去那四條出城的路線
否則就沒戲唱了
- 嘿，各位，聽好 - 大家安靜
這已經不是一場野火
火勢正挨家挨戶地延燒
這是一場城鎮火災
會有大量的人員傷亡
這就是我們眼前的情況
所以你們要互相支援，全力以赴
- 収到，大隊長 - 収到
嘿，你在等什麼？
前面有路障
高速公路塞車了
媽的
快點
（尚恩，通話失敗）
你要去哪裡？
- 在我們放孩子下車之後 - 馬加力亞
我兒子跟他阿嬤住在那裡
我跟他們說我會直接回家
他們會収到撤離警告
對吧？
你有替他們登記吧？
我…
我一直収到通…
來自鎮辦公廳的通知
我卻一直拖延
他阿嬤會開車嗎？
不會
瑪莉老師，救命
瑪莉老師，有煙從那棟房子冒出來
左邊起火
- 左邊起火，蹲低 - 遠離窗戶
所有人遠離窗戶
嘿
讓我進去
快點
兄弟，我的巴士上有小孩耶
保持冷靜，凱文會努力開過去
瑪莉，坐下
- 什麼？為什麼？ - 坐下，我要妳開車
- 我要妳開車 - 我不會開
我得清空左側的交通，我需要妳來開巴士
很簡單，好嗎？
腳放在煞車上 我叫妳來的時候，妳就催油門
很簡單，好嗎？對，妳可以，踩著剎車
- 好的 - 當我說：“過來”，妳就開過來
- 好嗎？ - 好的
大家坐好
凱文在哪裡？
退後
卡車退後，必須讓消防車開進來
- 快走，往前開 - 嘿，發生什麼事？
- 你在做什麼？要幹嘛？ - 有人被困在潘茲路
那些人有優先路權
- 那邊火勢最大 - 看見那輛校車了嗎？
那輛巴士上有廿二個小孩 我得送他們去找爸媽，好嗎？
凱文在哪裡？
我要你管制這裡的交通，我們才能開過去
我得疏通車流，才能讓消防車通過
那你就用無線電呼叫支援，好嗎？
我們的通訊系統故障 已經故障了大約卌分鐘
回去車上，可以過的時候就會讓你過去
回去車上，先生
- 回去車上 - 往左
我們得讓消防車跟這輛巴士先通過
快點
等下
開走
快點
好的
讓消防車跟那輛巴士通過
快點，開車…
很好
開過來
快點
我不想撞到你
我們不會有事吧？
快點
過來
夭壽
很好
成功了，我們通過了
出了什麼事？
無線電故障了，一片混亂
再一分鐘…
再一分鐘，大家準備好了嗎？
這是九六三號，再一分鐘就會抵達定點…
妳滿會開車的
謝謝，你也不差
你可以去當交通警察
若你想重新開始的話
還是嫑好了
好的，孩子們，東西収拾好，準備下車
我會儘快帶你們去找爸媽
- 我們的爸媽… - 學校…
- 天啊 - 不，他們在哪裡？
- 不 - 他們在哪裡？
該死
我要找媽媽
我去看裡面有沒有人
有人嗎？
他們不在這裡
這裡沒人
我不懂為何沒人警告我們或…
我們應該怎麼辦？
我不知道
怎麼會…
我們必須離開這裡 必須帶孩子們離開這裡
我們先帶他們去奇科的主要撤離中心
再回來找自己的孩子
瑪莉老師
我來了
坐下
- 艾娃需要妳 - 艾娃怎麼了？
她不肯從座位下面出來
- 什麼？她在地板上嗎？ - 對，她需要妳
- 為什麼？她怎麼了？ - 她不肯站起來
- 她很害怕 - 艾娃，親愛的，不
妳在下面做什麼？
妳還好嗎？
不好嗎？
- 有一點可怕 - 好的
- 瑪莉，可以了嗎？ - 對，可以出發了
好的
妳害怕嗎？
- 對 - 好的
我知道
我也害怕
我能抱妳一下嗎？
出來吧，好的
妳要儘量勇敢
大隊長，天堂鎮有兩萬七千人
馬加力亞有一萬兩千人
目前已經撤離了約八千人
表示還有約三萬人受困火勢中
費尼，過來一下
告訴我基礎設施的情況如何？
大隊長，在基礎設施方面 鎮上有好幾間學校
潘茲路上的兩間學校立刻受到影響
還有人通報一輛校車駛離龐德羅莎小學
載著廿二個小孩，目前下落不明，但…
隨時回報最新狀況
還有好幾間加油站
跟兩間丙烷工廠
一間在天空之路，潘茲路跟克拉克路之間 另一間在馬加力亞
- 可以要他們停工嗎？ - 我會處理
撤離的問題之一就是輸電線掉落
消防車無法開過馬路
消防隊員為了開路，正在切斷線路 但有人回報說…
太平洋瓦電公司在哪裡？
有人回報說輸電線還在通電
- 太平洋瓦電公司 - 是
- 不是斷電了嗎？ - 是沒錯
告訴他們目前的情況
為什麼還有電？
這…聽著，我們正在處理
有平民開車駛過輸電線
- 還有消防隊員在切斷線路 - 我知道
- 我瞭解 - 而電線卻還在通電？
- 你跟我說已經斷電了 - 聽著，所有的自動供電都已經切斷
其餘的需要人工關閉
- 我們動作儘量快了 - 我不在乎
- 我明白 - 你知道現在的情況嗎？
他媽的快給我斷電
- 好的 - 你他媽的到底是怎麼回事？
那裡有消防員，還有三萬人受困
我們該怎麼做？
大火在後方延燒
我們必須遠離它，繼續往西南方開
那片清澈的天空就是我們的出口
我們要遠離火勢，從那裡開往奇科
潘茲路跟克拉克路都阻斷了
- 所以衹剩下尼爾路跟天空之路 - 好的
對
尼爾路最遠，但或許那樣很好
或許那裡比較不會塞車
但我必須經過羅路才能去尼爾路
那條路很窄，而且很多髮夾彎
並不適合給一輛一萬五千八百七十五公斤的巴士來開
我們會被困在那裡，無路可逃
- 那就衹剩下天空之路了 - 天空之路，對
- 很寬，有四個車道，路又直 - 對
- 我們去天空之路吧，好的 - 天空之路
你們不知道他們在哪裡，對吧？
親愛的，什麼？
我們的爸媽
你們不知道他們在哪裡
對，親愛的，我們不知道 但我們會找到他們
我們會找到他們的爸媽，凱文，對吧？
對，我們會找到他們，對
我要你坐好，親愛的
你要過來坐在這裡嗎？
- 坐吧 - 坐這裡
對，沒關係
你叫什麼名字？
托比
你的爸媽在外地工作嗎？
衹有我媽
我見不到我爸
跟你說，托比，我們會把你送回媽媽身邊
聽見了嗎？我們會把你送回媽媽身邊
妳會回到妳兒子身邊 我也會回到我兒子身邊
我可以打包票
好嗎？
好的
大隊長 火勢已經蔓延到天堂鎮的多數區域
包括商業區與住宅區
有人回報建物嚴重損毀
而且空中滅火機依舊停飛，起飛時間未知
- 瞭解 - 嘿，大隊長
我跟大隊確認過
那輛巴士的最新回報 是在克拉克路上往南開向艾略特，好嗎？
H大隊剛才回報
天堂鎮小學已經陷入火海
他們不在那裡
瑪莉，妳能看見那些電纜線嗎？
- 可以 - 好的
天啊，小心
穩住了
凱文…註意右邊
右邊有電線
- 整條路都要塌了 - 天啊
它要斷掉了
小心
天啊
左轉
這是通往天空之路的捷徑
我們能辦到，就在前面了
孩子們，抓穩了，抓住某樣東西
- 抓穩 - 天啊
媽的
繼續灑水，快點，去後面
我們被堵住了，完全被堵住了
我們必須離開，想辦法去羅路 再開去尼爾路
這現在是我們唯一的機會
- 我們要怎麼離開這裡？ - 找路出去，左右都行
我正在找
我什麼都看不見，沒有出路 我看不見…到處都是大火
我們被火包圍了，要怎麼離開？
天啊
看前面
- 嫑看那個 - 看前面
給我下車
凱文，有人趁火打劫
- 開門，讓我進去 - 遠離窗戶
遠離窗戶
- 蹲低… - 遠離窗戶
把巴士給我們
- 瑪莉 - 開門
凱文，他有槍…
開門
趴下，蹲低，我說蹲低
開門
我們必須離開這裡
左邊，凱文，那裡有空檔
凱文，那邊有空檔，往左
往左，快點…
要關起來了…
我們開過去了
請跟家人待在一起
這是安全區域，先生 我們需要你待在這裡
- 快走 - 那是我女兒
- 別擋路 - 小心後面
- 去吧 - 快點
繼續開
等下
我是天堂鎮聯合學區的人
- 妳從哪來？ - 正前方
謝謝，巴士就在那邊
好的，謝謝，繼續開
這是…對，他們在那裡
讓我下車
- 西薩 - 露比
西薩，你有聽說任何消息嗎？
- 沒有 - 九六三號不在這裡嗎？
他還沒回來
糟糕
露比，家長們來了
好的
九六三號呼叫基地，聽見了嗎？
- 瑪莉老師，我把水喝光了 - 九六三號呼叫所有車輛
- 有任何車輛聽見嗎？ - 我好渴，眞的好熱
好的
給妳，親愛的
拿一個檔案夾或筆記本之類的東西
嘿，聽著，我們剛離開天空之路 那裡無法通行
拿去，像這樣搧
我們要試著從尼爾路離開
遠離大火，從那條路離開 這是我們唯一的機會
瑪莉老師，我們眞的需要喝水
撐著點，親愛的，我知道眞的很熱
凱文，孩子們快撐不下去了
他們需要喝水，他們又熱又渴
- 發生什麼事？ - 怎麼回事？
那是怎麼回事？
我無法呼吸，從通風口飄進來了
是濃煙，濃煙飄進來了 凱文，濃煙滲進來了
從冷氣口飄進來的
那就關掉冷氣啊
這樣車上會更熱，但好吧
我們必須想點辦法
好的，我關掉了
我們肯定是開進煙柱內了
- 小心 - 對，我看見了
草甸溪公園
對，後面有一個出口
什麼？
我小時候的某個夏天在這裡工作過
那個出口通往羅路
然後我們就能開去尼爾路 離開這裡，好嗎？
- 好的 - 好
老師，女士
- 什麼事？ - 珊儂不太舒服
- 她需要幫忙 - 她有點哮喘
親愛的，妳怎麼了？
好的，別說話
慢慢呼吸，好嗎？慢慢來，試著放慢呼吸
好的，妳衹需要喝點水
誰能翻一下書包
看裡面有沒有菓汁之類的東西？
凱文，我們必須找到水，否則她會昏厥
現在我們必須下車
- 停那邊… - 好
- 對，好 - 好的
好，我們不能停太久，我兩分鐘後就回來
不行
你必須留在巴士上
如果大火燒過來，你得載他們走
讓我去吧，我行的，兩分鐘後我就回來
我能辦到
瑪莉老師，妳要去哪裡？
瑪莉老師，回來
瑪莉去哪裡了？
媽的
你知道瑪莉老師在哪裡嗎？
她衹是去找水
給她一點時間
請回來，瑪莉老師
她跑去哪裡？
我看不見她
快點
回來啊
太好了…
我拿到了，天啊，我拿到了
瑪莉
- 瑪莉 - 現在我們該怎麼辦？
- 瑪莉 - 我來了
我來了
- 快點 - 幫我
去拿水
瑪莉老師回來了
- 好的 - 妳還好嗎？
我沒事
誰把水拿去給珊儂，好嗎？
天啊
蹲低，趴下，抱住頭
- 媽的 - 天啊
所有人抓穩，遠離窗戶
所有人抓穩
天啊，我們必須右轉才出得去
天啊
抓穩
好的，蹲低
右邊
小心右邊那棟燃燒的建物
有出路了，就是這裡
到了，就是這個出口，可以從這裡去羅路
哈囉，大家好，請大家集合
我是露比畢夏
我是學校的交通主任
我要向各位報告最新進度
我知道你們都很擔心
但我要先告訴大家，你們的孩子今天稍早
已經從龐德羅莎小學撤離了，好嗎？
何時會有更多消息？
很遺憾，在他們離開學校後沒多久
大火就摧毀了我們的無線電通訊
所以巴士離開龐德羅莎之後就音訊全無
等下，妳不知道他們在哪裡？
我衹知道他們或許在東天堂鎮某處
東天堂鎮陷入火海了
我知道，但請各位瞭解 警方與救災指揮中心
正在尋找他們，好嗎？
他們傾盡全力
但你們必須知道你們的孩子在那輛巴士上
還有一名司機與一位名叫瑪莉勒威的老師
有些人或許認識勒威老師？
- 好的 - 是哪位司機？
他叫凱文麥凱，是本學區的新司機
- 新司機？ - 聽著
大家請聽我說
拜託，我懂
我知道這個消息令人難以接受
- 他是很好的司機 - 凱文麥凱
我能替凱文麥凱擔保，所有的司機也都能
他是好人，而且他會盡力達成使命
你們必須信任他
我信任他，何況現在 他是我們唯一的希望了，好嗎？
到了，這就是羅路
我們遠離大火了
好，再開幾公里就能開上尼爾路
好的
右邊有石頭
小心左邊
- 前方是下坡 - 我好怕
我們不會有事的，孩子們
你們不必擔心，我們會渡過難關，好嗎？
小心
瑪莉
那邊的距離有多寬？
大約一公尺嗎？
零點六公尺，或許零點七公尺吧
大隊長，布特溪峽谷的大火
與西側的大火已經在天堂鎮合併
順風正在助長火勢
一路延燒到天堂鎮西南方
唯一還沒被燒的地方
而且大火正往這個方向蔓延 就是這個區域
佛斯特路與羅路
嘿，這兩條路都很狹窄
很多路段在施工，而且全是下坡路
有人通報說這裡已經有很多團火了
這個區域很快就會被大火吞噬
我們無法將任何資源送去那裡
因為全都集中在這裡
無論這裡的情況如何
他們都得自己想辦法逃出天堂鎮
我們無法提供資源給他們，完全無法
瑪莉老師
他們在那裡做什麼？
那些人是誰？
他們在做什麼？
他們為何走向大火？
這裡
喲，嘿，停車
不，從這邊繞過來
前面有路出去嗎？
大火正延燒過山脊
- 下面的人快死了 - 我們是跑出來的
嫑往那邊 拖車公園跟所有地方都在燃燒
無一倖免，沒有出路了
- 我們應該怎麼做？ - 我需要去尼爾路
不，你不能去尼爾路，那裡起火了
別讓這些孩子看見我們剛才目睹的畫面
相信我
嫑往那邊
嘿，我們願意冒險
該死
祝好運
我們應該怎麼辦？
我們為何停車了？
- 不，繼續開車 - 我要回家
好的，各位 我們要保持安靜與冷靜，拜託
凱文跟我會想出辦法的
我們必須繼續往前開
好，我去看一下，查看這兩座山脊的狀況
讓孩子們準備好 大家可能必須下車，好嗎？
好的
凱文，你在做什麼？嫑走
好的
好的，孩子們，我要大家這麼做
我要大家保持安靜與冷靜
凱文要去查看我們下車是否安全
同時
我要你們拿好書包，在走道上排成一列
儘量緩慢、安靜並冷靜，拜託
快點
好的，凱文一回來 我們就要守秩序地下車，好嗎？
好的，女士
我們要靠在一起
你們要跟別人手牽手，好嗎？
要靠得非常近
你們看，凱文回來了
他在那裡
叫孩子們回去坐好
- 我們要待在巴士上 - 好的
- 待在巴士上 - 好的，大家坐下
- 等下，什麼？ - 所有人坐下
瑪莉老師，我以為妳說我們要下車
沒錯，親愛的，但是我們要留在巴士上
亨利，你…
坐下，我們要…凱文跟我會想辦法…
- 什麼情況？ - 我們被困住了
- 天啊 - 我們無處可去了
什麼？不，不可能…
- 一定有辦法逃出去 - 聽我說
- 我們在羅路上 - 好的
- 這是尼爾路 - 好的
我從山脊上看得很清楚，好嗎？
火勢從四面八方延燒 燒到這裡、這裡，還有這兩處
- 天啊 - 我們必須待在這裡
我們必須待在巴士上
不
- 不，我們… - 我們必須待在巴士上
不…我們可以用走的
其他人就走出去啊
- 我們可以試著用走的 - 不，不可能
他們在外面絕對撐不過兩分鐘 這是不可能的
他們絕對撐不過兩分鐘
必須待在這裡
什麼？我們就待在這裡？
我們就…
你要…我們就枯等嗎？你要…
- 或許火勢不會… - 要是大火燒過來，我們卻…
或許會燒過來，或許不會，好嗎？
我不知道
我衹知道我們正待在唯一一個 沒被火燒到的地方
我們還活著，而且還有一點時間
待著吧
這是我們唯一的機會
你確定嗎？
對
但大火要是燒過來怎麼辦？
凱文，大火要是燒過來怎麼辦？
聽我說
若大火燒過來，孩子們怎麼辦？
我們必須待在巴士上
好的
- 好嗎？ - 好的
好的
我們就待在巴士上
瑪莉，嘿，我需要妳幫忙
我們得爭取一點時間
我要把上衣割成碎片，好嗎？
你在做什麼？
我要做一些過濾布來遮住他們的嘴巴
用水沾濕，他們的喉嚨會比較舒服
叫孩子們坐到巴士後面，遠離通風口
我會儘量把所有的出風口封死，好嗎？
好的
大隊長，供水量正在減少
消防栓的水壓不夠
火勢無法撲滅
我們能去旁邊談一下嗎？
我們先稍微休息一下
然後我要你們移到巴士後方
才能遠離煙霧，好嗎？
好的，瑪莉老師
親愛的，我們能移到巴士後方嗎？
往這邊走
那樣應該能擋住部份煙霧，好嗎？
據報有人在車上被燒死
還有數百人用跑的逃命
好的，女孩們，我們會在這裡待一陣子
我要妳拿著這個過濾布
覆蓋在口鼻上，然後呼吸，好嗎？
若我們沒有妥善處理，明天一醒來
就會有數百人，不曉得，甚至數千人死亡
好嗎？所以此時此刻 我們衹能選一件事做
撲滅火勢，或拯救人命
我們沒時間了
我要妳把它覆蓋在口鼻上，然後呼吸
- 可以阻隔煙霧，好嗎？ - 好
- 好嗎？親愛的，妳還好嗎？ - 我們要在車上待多久？
謝謝妳照顧她，親愛的
艾娃，我要妳把它覆蓋在口鼻上
好的，聽著
全面停止撲滅火勢
運用鎮內的資源
叫他們無論如何救人優先
目前我們衹能這麼做了
好的，大隊長
快點
窗戶好燙
- 我必須警告孩子們 - 不，讓我去吧
- 不，我可以…我沒事，讓我去吧 - 我知道妳可以
妳休息一下吧，我去就好
好的，謝謝你
嘿，大家
牆壁跟窗戶都非常燙，所以別碰它們
好嗎？我要你們過來…靠近走道
就是這樣，可以過來一點嗎？
地板也很燙
那我們來玩…
你們在說故事時間都怎麼做？
盤腿坐，圍一圈嗎？
跟我一起說
- 盤腿坐，圍一圈 - 盤腿坐
就是這樣，很好，厲害喔，小子，好的
現在是晚上嗎？
親愛的，妳說什麼？
現在是晚上嗎？
不，現在不是晚上
衹是… 有濃煙擋在我們和陽光之間，好嗎？
我們會平安嗎？
對，我們會…對，會的
那些濃煙會散去，然後太陽又會出來了
好嗎？
托比，你還好嗎？
我想找爸爸
是啊
對，我知道
他也知道你想找他，好嗎？
聽著
他正在盡力回到你身邊
好嗎？他在努力
好嗎？托比，看著我
知道嗎？
我們還有多少時間？
再一小時左右吧
那些過濾布撐不了多久
或許我們就讓他們睡著好了
這樣比較好
之後如果大火燒過來…
不…
我們不能說這種喪氣話，好嗎？
好的
午安，我是馬汀涅茲大隊長
今早大約六點半
有人通報波加橋附近發生火災 位於天堂鎮東方十三公里
火勢迅速擴散
我們盡力救火，依舊徒勞無功
然後今早大約八點半
火勢延燒到天堂鎮
遺憾的是，我在幾分鐘前不得不下令
在天堂鎮停止滅火工作 轉而專註於保護人命
目前依舊有數千位居民受困
或試圖逃離火勢
我們目前正在想方設法提供協助
但儘管我們努力嘗試
本社區依舊獨自面對被烈焰吞噬的命運
所以我們要請各位保持耐心
現在我要交給湯瑪斯警長發言 他或許能提供更多消息
我們得回去工作了，謝謝
我衹要補充說明一件事
每年的火勢都越來越大
而且未來會有更多火災
我們是該死的笨蛋，這就是眞相，謝謝
你或許會覺得聽起來很笨…
但我才離開過天堂鎮一次
為什麼？
去俄亥俄州
去了兩週
待在我朋友的農場
還有一次，史帝芬跟我去舊金山過週末
我以為我在這裡會很安全
就待在天堂鎮
跟他在一起，循規蹈矩
就眞的不會發生壞事
但那不是過日子的方式
躱得遠遠的
若我們能離開這裡，我會改變這個想法
我會去旅行
我會帶傑克去樂高樂園
或者去非洲，不曉得
我想去看大象
在水坑旁的動物
看什麼都好，什麼都行
以免為時已晚
你在笑什麼？
我一輩子都想逃離天堂鎮
而現在不知為何，我衹想在這裡安定下來
之前你為何想離開？
我剛被通知去接孩子們的時候
我開始心想或許…
若我能將孩子們安全撤離 或許就能贏得第二次機會
妳懂嗎？
但並非所有人都能得到第二次機會
你為何這樣說？
我上次跟我爸聯絡是在廿八年前
當時我十六歲，正値平安夜，然後…
我們吵了一架
他罵我做事向來虎頭蛇尾
我們每次都在吵同樣的事情
總之他…
他毆打我
就像之前很多次那樣
不知為何，我在那個晚上抓狂了
我對著他尖叫，還有揮拳，接下來
我就奪門而出，對他爆粗口
跟他說我再也不想看見他
然後他說：“你去死好了”
一開始是出於自尊，妳懂嗎？
過了幾年之後，我的人生亂成一團
那感覺就變成羞愧了
幾個月前，我原本在雷諾上夜班
然後接到電話
是我媽打來的
她說：“凱文，你爸病得很重
你必須回家”
我開了一整晚的車
但還是太遲了
他在當天早上過世
我是個遲來的…兒子
現在也成了遲來的父親
我的兒子向我求助過好多次
現在全都太遲了
我沒出現
並不會太遲
這全都由你決定
有火
糟糕
火燒過來了
天啊
- 在我們後面 - 後方有火
後方有火，我馬上回來
凱文
凱文，火在巴士後方…
- 有火 - 來，快走…好
天啊
瑪莉老師
在哪裡？
這裡
糟糕
用光了
全用光了
凱文，用光了
用光了…
- 滅火器噴光了 - 回去巴士
回去巴士
你要去哪裡？
不，凱文
媽的
好的
小心火
凱文
天啊
凱文
快點
火在我們後面
我們非得開過去
坐下
怎麼了？
- 不 - 快點
- 不 - 快點發動
什麼？不
握緊方向盤
- 凱文，別走 - 回來
凱文在做什麼？
現在發動看
可惡
拜託…
試看吧，現在試
太好了
可以了
快點
趴下，我們要經過大火了
天啊
我不想死
瑪莉老師，結束了嗎？
天啊
沒事了
沒事了，我們安全了
（奇科遊樂園）
（消防車）
過來
往這邊，快來
繼續開，跟著他們
（KCRA新聞臺）
天啊
是那輛巴士嗎？
是他們
天啊
媽
嗨
你們在等什麼？快下車啊
爸
下車吧，托比
你爸來了，在這裡
十三、十四、十五、十六、十七、十八、十九
托比
祝你好運，小子
你媽在那邊
托比
好的
- 謝謝你 - 謝謝妳
你做得很棒，眞的很棒
妳也是
寄一張大象的照片給我看，好嗎？
瑪莉
不，你們的孩子都很了不起，太勇敢了
謝謝妳，瑪莉
凱文
- 謝謝你，凱文 - 謝謝你
借過
我都不知道妳有沒有接到我的電話
- 妳沒事吧？ - 對
嘿，老闆
該維修巴士了
是啊，我或許還欠你一點加班費
先走了
- 凱文 - 嘿，先生，嘿，你好嗎？
幹得好
是，謝謝你
先生，對不起
對不起，我得協助下一位，先生
女士，請上前
女士，妳要找的人叫什麼名字？
- 米勒 - 米勒
女士，有一位米勒
- 妳去救災帳篷 - 在哪裡？
然後尋找妳的家人，好嗎？
- 就在那邊 - 不好意思
- 妳好，麥凱 - 什麼名字？
麥片的麥，凱旋的凱
- 好的 - 名字是雪莉跟尚恩
他們應該會從馬加力亞過來
先生，抱歉，我沒看到有這個姓
我們會註意看有沒有他們
謝謝
嗨，你好
（急救處）
媽
嘿，妳來了
妳是怎麼逃出來的？
- 我的鄰居卡爾 - 卡爾
- 過來接我 - 卡爾去接妳？
然後帶我來這裡，對
聽著，媽，尚恩在哪裡？
媽，尚恩在哪裡？
他跟他媽在一起
他待在她身邊時最開心了
他很安全
這是最好的安排，好嗎？
對
沒錯
（坎普大火是加州歷史上）
（最致命的一場野火）
（共有一萬三千五百棟民宅被毀）
（造成八十五人喪生）
（加州火災調查員後續判定）
（太平洋瓦電公司為肇事者）
（該公司被控八十四項過失致死罪名）
（他們全數認罪）
（並支付了一百卅五億美元賠償金）
（給坎普大火與另外廿場野火的受害者）
（火災之後，凱文決定受訓成為老師）
（目前他在加州奇科的美景學校工作）
（瑪莉繼續在天堂鎮敎書）
（她已經出國旅行好幾次）
（並已計畫更多行程）
（改編自書籍：《天堂鎮》）
（《努力撐過美國野火的小鎮》）
（莉茲強森著）
（本片謹獻給二零一八年坎普大火的死者）
（或受到影響的每一個人）
（以及消防隊員、現場急救人員）
（和奮勇打火的鎮民）
（與那些至今依舊在重建）
（天堂鎮與周遭社區的人）