What was montags path to safety?

He goes to Faber after he burns Beatty and Faber tells him to meet him in another town later if he makes it out of the city. Then Montag tells Faber how to get ris of his scent to the Hound won't go to Faber's house. Then Montag runs to the river where the Hound loses track of him and eventually meets Granger who tells him that there are others like himself. They watch the news as the people and police that were after him kill an innocent man whom they said was Montag to save face. Soon, a bomb destroys his old town.