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Dan, fire officials tell us nearly every home, business, and building in that town is just gone. >> reporter: ana, this is a community of about 27,000 people. and it is completely paralyzed. who knows when residents will be allowed back in? maybe in a few weeks they can start going through the rubble. in terms of when theyll be able to start living here again, that will be several years from now. let me show you what the neighborhood looks like. basically total destruction. you can see the burne...

There was a smoldering area. firefighters not with water but with tools try to move the earth around to try to build a line and try to put out the smoldering areas. thats what theyre doing. yesterday we were in another part of malibu where what seemed like a guest house in the back of the property continued to ignite. firefighters were there. three different times. sometimes its not always the flame thats the risk. its the embers that can carry from house to house. in this area thats true. it se...

In california. the death toll jumped again when fire officials found the besiod of two more people when they were overcome by fire. homes either burned to the ground or seriously damaged. hundreds of thousands of people around los angeles have evacuated. its just not safe to stay there. the most destructive is in northern california. thats where about 6500 family homes have burned down. some towns north of sacramento have been completely destroyed. theres something else. officials fear the death...

The campfire. its already the most destructive fire in californias history and it is still growing. >> our acreage today as of right now is at 105,000 acres, 20% contained. total personnel assigned to the fire right now is 4,050. costs to date is approximately 8,089,294. >> farther south the hill fire and the wosey fire are threatening thousands of people and property. the entire city of malibu known for its celebrity beach side homes was forced to evacuate. the damage is so widespread entire to...

That were going to start seeing more flames. but hopefully the containment lines will hold and we wont see more devastation, ana. well send it back to you. >> the skyline behind you is eerie looking. dan, thank you for that reporting. scott, you and your crew i know saw for yourselves today how destructive the fires are there. whats the latest? >> reporter: hey, ana, were starting to lose light here in this part of california, but i can tell you a good swath of malibu is gone. this was a house. ...

With us. were going to take right from what dan simon told us that the entire town is gone now and go to you with what now. >> it is not quite true the entire town is gone. i would say 80 to 90% of the residential units, the houses are all gone. about 50% of the business district is still there. we still have two of the grocery stores that were in town, there were three, so one burned down, but two are still there. we still have a kmart, we still have our town hall, the post office is still ther...

Until tuesday, the winds will come back and it will make fighting this fire that much more difficult. >> a situation there, scott, dan, thank you both. of course we know you will keep us apprised of what is happening and find out ways you can help those affected by these fire, head to cnn.com/impact. now president trump is in paris right now. weighing in on the california fires. playing the blame game. his tweet overnight made no specific mention of the nine victims, or the thousands of homes ...

Morning. in terms of overall structures, this is the most destructive wildfire in california history, and this seemingly happened in a span of a couple of hours, talking about 6700 structures. whats remarkable about this particular fire as we walk around and show you some other things were seeing is that normally in destructive wildfires a lot of times damage can be confined to one particular area. not so in this particular case. were talking about 90,000 acres and it goes on for miles and miles...

Standing by in malibu. dan, i just mentioned at least nine people have been killed in these fires, that is not far from where you are standing right now. what do we know about how those people died? >> reporter: died apparently trying to flee the flames. their bodies were found in a vehicle. it is just so tragic. and we know that a few others were found in some burned-out homes. and in all likelihood, according to official, the death toll will probably go up. it is just so tragic. meantime, i ju...

Are following breaking news, the out of control wildfires in california, not just one fire but several, and they are growing in size, moving faster than firefighters can stay on top of them. and sadly, responsible for the deaths of at least nine people so far. imagine driving through this. watch and listen. this is paradise, california, about 100 miles north of sacramento. officials say nearly every building and home in paradise is gone. burned down. across northern california, about 7,000 struc...