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Some 50-mile-an-hour winds from san francisco to l.a., sustained at times, humanity under 10%, its amazing. consider the easy fire, one structure damage, no fatalities, no homes destroyed, and they saved the reagan library. the fire did jump the freeway at one point, but that was knocked down, and again, considering the conditions, the fire at 1600 acres, thats pretty small. hand cruise and pumper trucks were here to knocked on the small fires, it also bulldozers, containment lines so it couldnt...

Highway was still operational. >> yeah, right down the 405. >> its terrifying to live in that area. >> oh, yeah, their scared. 1 million plus dont have power because of power lines down. good morning, everyone, overnight, things so far so good in california. northern california had the highest winds overnight, 60-mile-per-hour winds, but the kincade fire has stayed within its containment lines. northern california can wake up and breathe a sigh relief. now, the focus is on southern california. s...

Local time, thats when dangerous conditions will really begin to kick off. we will see sustained winds of about 40 miles per hour, gusts of nearly 80 miles per hour. those conditions potentially lasting through into monday and that means firefighters have to be ready to go absolutely anywhere and everywhere. weve seen throughout the day, trucks zooming past. theyve been trying to dig containment lines, making sure more evacuations wont be needed. more than 50,000 people, the towns of windsor and...

>> reporter: days before the power come back on, what could possibly burn? were standing in the heart of wine country. residents feeling the impact all morning long. were seeing fire crews and trucks, theyre trying to dig containment lines, structures from burning down too. late for the one behind me. thats the burnt out remains of a bed. there is a stove that used to be a kitchen. there was somebodys home. if we can pan the camera, i can reveal it a little bit more. theres almost nothing left. ...

Were live in northern california, so what is the correlation between the pg&e and these fires? >> reporter: well, there have been some speculations that a faulty transmission tower by pg&e might have sparked the fire but this is just a preliminary thought. the company is investigating this. but it has been a busy morning here in the heart of wine country. weve seen truck after truck zoom by. fire crews racing to try to build containment lines. theyre trying to save structures. the one behind me,...

Winds and gusts of up to 80 miles per hour and that means this blaze could spread very >> on capitol hill right now the quickly. all morning long weve seen crews driving up and down. house committees involved in the presidential impeachment inquiry theyre trying to dig new containment lines and theyre are holing a rare saturday trying to protect the session putting a top state structures. there are thousands of department official under oath structures at risk, and you can behind closed doors. r...

Burned wood, the second floor is gone. i have been in touch with the man who actually lives next door. he says this whole situation is devastating. >> heart-broken. i told her like everybodys saying your life is saved. you can always rebuild. >> reporter: the fire has burned 2600 achesers so far. more than 1300 firefighters are checking hot spots to make sure the fire doesnt spread any further. the governor declared a state of emergency to state resources can be provided as necessary. fire crews...

Christina? >> reporter: well, thats right, arthel. the tick fire now 25% contained. you can see the damage it has caused here. this is one of 18 structures that was either damaged or destroyed by this fire. lots of people walking by here. it has been just heartbreaking for neighbors and the people, of course, who live here. as of now at least 1300 firefighters are working around the clock to make sure this fire doesnt spread any further. its burned at least 4600 acres so far. at least 40,000 peo...

Pg&e begins another blackout tonight. a new evacuation order could affect approximately 50,000 people. statstate of say theyre tryingo prevent the devastating outsome of the wildfires that ravaged the wine country in 2017. >> sunday evening we expect a pretty significant santa ana cycle to move into the area again. so its an incident priority for us right now to continue to shore you and reinforce our containment lines. >> reporter: now, as for the kincaid fire, pg&e admits a transmission power ...

Embers pick them up. although today is not terribly windy. so firefighters were trying to build containment lines before the winds pick up tomorrow. but however, they are still at 5%. >> one thing that was technically noteworthy. you hear 2.5 million people possib possible could be without power this weekend. and there are 850,000 customers affected. they equate a customer with a household, and typically, theres three people in a household. you do the math, you can get up to 2.5 million people i...