veenstra considers option a, but only for a second. >> maybe i can get my car and try to push it, but there really wasn't enough of an embankment or a ditch where i could push it where it could tip down where he would move. >> at best, this option won't work. at worst, you risk catching your own car on fire. as the toxic smoke fills the air and the fire grows, instinct may say to extinguish the flames. but is that even possible? >> we don't have fire extinguishers in all the vehicles. some do. some don't. in this situation, the people that were standing by, they had already tried to use one on the engine and it wasn't effective. the fire was just too much. >> engines have gas, rubber, and oil and when burned can produce temperatures up to 1700 degrees, as hot as molten lava. situations like these require specific fire retardant solutions. and lots of it. so cross option b off your list. leave this one for the firefighters. >> all right, we're going to try to lift it up. where's your arm trapped, sir? >> we're going to try to lift this up. maybe we can pick it up just enough that he ca