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The wind blowing. they know the wind is going to pick up. el cajon pass is a very very well-known place for the wind gusts. its one of the things that fuelled the fire yesterday so theyre making sure those containment lines are strong. we saw them making progress last night. but last night they didnt have to contend with winds theyre seeing now. >> looks like traffic is moving smoothly. is that true? >> yeah yeah. its a very good thing, too. this is i-15 the main corridor between las vegas and l...

A lot of folks own land and have horses, as you saw in the video. when the fire started around 6:00 p.m. yesterday, the winds were erratic, as see see this time of year. it started burning in an area miles from homes. the fire exploded and quickly grew to 300 acres within only hundreds of feet of some homes. and of course mandatory evacuations followed for about 300 homes. firefighters attacked it from the air and on the ground for hours. and then as they always do, they expect overnight that th...

Before. so it is not a good feeling to think youre looking at your house for the last time. >> weve gone through this before. weve been here 15 years. this is always a trauma for everybody when you see a wisp of smoke. >> they dropped right on the house, which probably saved it. they came across this line here several times. so that was great. >> reporter: now in northern california the so-called butts fire in napa county is getting closer to containment. it is 4300 acres in size at the moment. ...

At a courthouse in d.c. crews fighting a wildfire in arizonas white mountains losing ground there. strong winds pushing the flames past containment lines. firefighters expecting lighter winds today, which could help their battle. and an american man trying to row across the ocean to honor his late brother has reached the caribbe caribbean. victor mooney is getting some much-needed rest now in a st. martins hospital. well, now back to the irs scandal. irs head john koskinen is promising to ...

Over the next five days. well be watching it. we will see the potential for heavy rain certainly off the coast and along the coast. so those areas are going to be monitored throughout afternoon and into the overnight and tomorrow, of course. back to you. >> janice, thank you very much. coming up, firefighters in eastern arizona struggling against mother nature as a fast moving fire jumps the containment lines. and one man crossing an ocean to honor his late brother. were going to update you ...

Fire. theres concern it could kick it back towards home. 300 homes are an immediate threat of this fire and additional 3,000 homeowners have been warned they may have to evacuate at any moment. the fire here has been touch and go. crews with the better weather conditions today will focus on attacking this blaze from the air. as you mentioned, the hot shot crews will be critical today and drop the crews into areas where they can make it in by foot and try to build containment lines and make the f...

>> when i walked out the front door, the embers and ashes were pretty much coming by my front door. to stand there and watch your home burn is not what you want to do. >> we have been told to pack some backs and prepare in case we get evacuated. >> reporter: more than 100 people have been ordered to evacuate as this popular tourist destination is overrun by smoke and flames chewing through the bone dry vegetation. >> big sur is historically one of the wettest places in california, and we have ha...

Structures. fire is now 45% contained. miguel almaguer is live in prescott, arizona. your bulletin says fire is laying down. there is still a big concern about winds. whats happening now? >> reporter: thomas, the winds kick up usually around this time of afternoon. it certainly is a big concern for firefighters there. they are told not to put their guard down on the front lines. but the good news is we arent seeing those towering flames. thats when thee fires are whipped by wind and they explode...

Awful. look at that. william la jeunesse joins me now in alisyn camerota in camarillo. what is the latest eufrpblts w. >> reporter: we are eight miles north of malibu. 900 firefighters trying to get a handle on this thing. in the last 24 hours it has burned about satisfactory square niles. miles. when we arrived the flames were burning towards us very quickly. the sun same up, the ric rick the santa anas kicked in. and the fire is burning in an entirely different directs. more fires are wind dri...

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