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Really heard a good answer for that unless they evacuate large swaths of the population days in advance. and that creates chaos as well. so its tough. >> brianna sacks, im sure you heard that story just a few minutes ago of ed bledsoe talking about the fact his wife called 911 and they told her that someone would get her. so certainly the evacuation word getting that out very important. thank you for your time today. well keep in touch with you. >> no problem. >> thank you, brianna. brianna and ...

Road, and ignited the flames on the dry grass across that region of northern california. and unfortunately in this part of the state if you have been here you know the lay of the land. very mountainous, very hilly terrain. and the thermal signature of these fires shows you the landscape theyre atop of. when you have a landscape as such, when you have sloped land like this, it often allows the fire to pick up speed and tremendous speed as it travels uphill. i use the analogy frequently of taking ...

The carr fire, as its called, is now 17% contained after exploding to 95,000 acres, or about 38,000 hectares on sunday. at least seven people are still missing there. the carr fire is just one of 17 fires burning up and down california. and another deadly fire, the so-called ferguson fire, thats happening in the yosemite national park area. >> a second firefighter died battling those flames on sunday. since starting two weeks ago, it has torched 22,000 hectares, about 54,000 acres. it is 30% con...

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Corner of the u.s. and in particular northern portions of california, you look from space, from regd points southward, the smoke, the haze, all of this really seen from space. many, many miles up into space looking down toward the surface because of the vast nature and how expansive the flames have been over the last several days in this region. in fact, when you do the math its about 140 square miles of land that have been consumed because of the carr fire. you take, say, the island of manhatta...

What he was trying to do, and hit by the reality of what happened. the story of ed bledsoe and so many stories. bledsoe said that no one told him anything about evacuating. he said that his wife had called 911 and they told her someone would come get her. >> for more now, dan simon has been following this story. he has the latest from one of the worst-hit neighborhoods in california. >> reporter: for the first time were now beginning to hear fire officials express optimism about the overall effo...

A book that youre ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! dead from the biggest of the 17 wildfires cutting a path of destruction across california. the search is continuing for seven others who are missing. fed by dry weather and triple digit weather, the carr fire has burned through 95,000 acres. 3,000 firefighters are on the front line. the fire is 17% contained. its threatening thousands of homes and businesses. dan simon joins me live this m...

Explain that. >> if you just look at areas like redding, california where theyve had this horrible most recent fire tragedy in northern california, central california, just anyone can go on google earth. they have this google earth engine. you can go back in time. go back 30 years and look at the satellite view of the houses. you can zoom and see all these little areas in the woods just being built into so fast that the exposure to fire is happening -- the risk is being driven just by that at a ...

In on them. listen. >> i left and went to town. my wife called me, she said, we can see the fire way over there. you need to come and get me. i said im on my way. so i just throwed down everything, took off over there. i got on quartz hill and theres two or three or four lanes of traffic coming up, wouldnt let me down in in. so i just dropped everything and i took off running down there and i helped some guy that got burnt and was trying to get out of there. i got him and helped him out of there...

Yosemite national park. the carr fire near redding, california, killing a sixth person. this blaze has consumed more than 500 buildings but officials are feeling optimistic and starting to gain ground on the fire. congressman john lewis released from the hospital today with a clean bill of health. the georgia democrat was hospitalized yesterday for undisclosed reasons staying overnight for observation. the civil rights icon who marched with dr. martin luther king, jr. in selma, alabama has r...