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This fast moving series of flame obliterating everything in its path. homes, businesses, and also lives. >> the whole town is wiped off the face of the earth in a matter of eight hours. >> i dont think words can express the feelings that you have of loss and pain. >> there is nothing left. all my neighbors except one are gone. i think im the last house up there. everything is gone. >> paradise. >> still? >> still. its our home. we will make it that. >> our dan simon is there in paradise, califor...

Please, drive. just please drive. >> i am. oh, please, god. let us get out safe. >> oh, my goodness. dan simon is there live. you hear the cries. youre surrounded by flames, youre stuck in traffic. you want the get out. you talked to those two women. what did they say? >> reporter: i did. in fact, those two women actually lived in this housing development where we are right now. of course, they lost their home along with everybody else. but you really have to go back to thursday morning when all...

>> well, this is the neighborhood where susan and amber lived. and like i said, nothing is standing here. and like thousands of others, they are staying at hotels and just trying to figure out whats next. jim and poppy, back to you. >> can the town come back? dan simon, thanks for being on the ground. >> and that man saying god took me this far, i think hell take me further. amazing. >> town called paradise. >> as we speak, not one but three elections that were too close to call tuesday are the ...

Causing a multitude of spot fires everywhere they landed. it wasnt just one narrow patch. it took out the whole side of town and continued throughout the rest of the community. >> what about the missing? our dan simon is on the ground. he just reported where he is in paradise, more than 200 people still missing. what is your outlook for them? are you guys hopeful that they will be found? do you have any updates on that front? >> that again would be the sheriffs department. im very hopeful. i don...

Do you want people to know about your situation and what happened to paradise? >> were strong, but some of us wont stay. its just too hard. >> where we had beautiful trees, its now black. and it will take years for any of the pine trees to get even close to being what they were. that town was probably 180 years old. and its not there anymore. >> reporter: this is the neighborhood where susan and amber lived and you can see its just entirely leveled. like thousands of others, they are staying at ...

>> i am. im trying. oh, please, god, please. let us get out safe. >> i thought the windows were going to shatter, because it was just so hot. and you were praying the car in front of you wouldnt stop. >> it was -- ill have nightmares for the rest of my life. >> now this was the neighborhood that those two women live in. you can see that it is completely leveled. the good news is that the winds have died down today but the bad news is things remain dry and the threat persists. at this point at le...

Fire in the states history. 100 people are still unaccounted for this morning. also, the city of paradise virtually obliterated. people killed inside their own homes, some as they fled the flames in their cars. heart-stopping video as families were escaping. we have team coverage. dan simon and scott mclean are on the ground with us. >> lets begin with scott where mandatory evacuations still in effect. good morning, scott. what is the level of confidence from people there, folks having been able...

American dictators who have overthrown democracies in venezuela and cuba. lets go to dan simon, who joins us first on the ground there. youre in paradise, california, dan. what can you tell us this morni morning, before the sun even comes up there? >> reporter: hi, poppy. this fire happening at a level and scale of destruction that, quite frankly, weve never seen in the state of california. and were still hearing some of these harrowing tales of people who evacuated. the road that leads to parad...

It will be weeks before residents are allowed to go back in. thats to go through the rubble. who knows when people will be allowed to live here. in the meantime, this is one of the neighborhoods that has been completely decimated by the wild fire. you can see all of the houses that have gone up in flames. the one thing thats particularly striking is all the burned out vehicles. you can see this truck right here and the devastation is so widespread. thats whats so striking. theres not just a conf...

Stay with them and regroup and figure out whats next. >> reporter: thanks for talking to us, scott, im so sorry to see whats left of your home. ana, the scary part here is that firefighters have had a bit of a lull today but one official said dont get lulled into a false sense of security because tomorrow mother nature will turn on her fan again, winds are expected to pick up and firefighters will have a tough day battling these flames. >> thank you, scott mclean, please send our best to scott m...