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Top 5 firefighting videos from July 2011

An air bag explosion close call, a video of firefighters being ordered off the roof after ventilation and a cop smashing the windows at a house he mistakenly thought was on fire are this month’s top firefighting videos.

The creative rescue using a leaf blower to get a cat unstuck from a pipe and a humorous video of a reporter being doused in water by a firefighting helicopter round out the five most noteworthy videos in the fire service community for July.

Air bag explosion close call

While making entry into the hood to check for additional fire, an air bag explodes from the passenger side of a car in a close call video in Moscow, Idaho, in a Fourth of July fire.

Firefighters ordered off roof

There were some tense moments at this 2 1/2 story wood-frame structure fire when firefighters were ordered off the roof.

Cop busts wrong house on fire call

A cop breaks the windows on a house that is not actually on fire. Pretty embarrassing, but he lives up to it and handles it with politeness, explaining everything to the home owner without trying to shy from the mistake.

Firefighters use leaf blower to rescue kitten

Firefighters in Branchland, W.Va., used a leaf blower to propel the kitten out of a pipe that it fell into.

TV reporter soaked by firefighting helicopter

Time Warner News reporter Suzi Theodory gets an accidental soaking while reporting on a large wildfire fire near Los Angeles.