The recordings, which NBC4's I-Team was able to get and date and time stamp, revealed that it took firemen 20 minutes to find Heche in her car and an additional 20 minutes to remove it from the blazing Mar Vista home so that she could receive medical attention.
According to LAFD Deputy Chief Richard Fields, "with the severe fire and smoke circumstances, it wasn't like you could easily see into the truck or obviously be able to approach it.
He said, "I will tell that where the individual was in the car was not in the driver's seat, but on the floorboard of the passenger seat," noting that Heche was not found in the driver's seat.