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312 square miles destroyed, 544 homes, 34,000 are threatened. remember, these are wooden houses, decks, wooden roofs surrounded by pine needles and trees. >> every fire is different. coming up with where you want to put in your control lines and hopefully they hold. >> this is what the evacuation looked like on monday. cars at a dead stop for four miles long. three reasons why it is so stubborn. you have steep mountains, deep canyons. fuel basically hasnt burned for decades. forest is dense, dea...

Put out, and also strengthen the control lines. the projection now, that it will be another 11 days before this fire is fully contained. in the meantime, crews have been working around the clock to clear the evacuation routes so that some people can safely return to their homes or what is left of them. and in those areas where the ground has already been scorched, the ongoing process of the search for and recovery of human remains. that list of people who are unaccounted for stands at 993. autho...

And that was three years ago. >> reporter: californias warm and dry conditions, including july, registering as the hottest month on error -- record here have created the perfect storm for wildfires. nearly 17,000 structures are threatened by three fires alone, as thousands of people have evacuated their homes. more than 13,000 firefighters are battling 19 major fires across the entire state, including what has already become the largest in californias history, the mendocino complex fire. on the ...

Historic and the reason i say that is there are firefighters that have 20 25 30 years on the job that have never seen fire behavior like weve seen the last couple days. >> reporter: the largest blaze, the rocky fire. it has torched some 60,000 acres in three counties just north of wine country. only 12% contained, california fire officials say at least 6,000 structures are threatened. crews on the scene scrambling to build control lines and maintain the prim tir. in some cases, this means settin...

6,000 structures are threatened. crews on the scene scrambling to build control lines and maintain the perimeter. in some cases, this means setting fire to remove fuel for the inferno. >> last night we burned out much of the grass so by the time the actual wildfire burned there we have a much larger area to make a stand. >> reporter: but the conditions are daunting. a severe four-year-long drought, and 100-degree heat, are a deadly combination. a u.s. forest service firefighter from south dakota...

Historic. there are firefighters that/20, 25, 30 years on the job that have never seen fire behavior like we have seen the last couple days. >> the largest blaze, the rocky fire, it has torched some 60,000 acres in three counties just north of wine country. only 12% contained, california fire officials say at least 6,000 structures are threatened. crews on the scene scrambling to build control lines and maintain the perimeter. in some cases, this means setting fire to remove fuel for the inferno...

When you think you will get this thing under control? >> well, to put it in perspective in order for us to fully contain the fire at the size it is right now, we would have to build 165 miles of control lines and its not straight, easy, flat country. it is very steep. sawtooth mountains. so, you know, we arent even projecting a containment date right now. gregg: yeah. what do you need more of right now? do you need more firefighters? >> you know, we have 1150 people assigned to the fire right no...