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Right now, three wildfires are burning in california, forcing morgue than 200,000 people to immediately evacuate. the camp fire in northern californias already one of the deadliest and most destructive in the states history. nine people have died. 35 are missing. nearly 6,500 buildings and homes have been destroyed. officials say about ott% of the homes in the town of paradise were destroyed. cnns dan simon is near the deadly fire. so, dan, tell us more about ways around you there. >> hi, fred. ...

Torched, making the campfire, what it is called, one of the deadliest, most destructive in state history. the town of paradise hit hardest. officials say 90% of the homes were destroyed there. meantime, two other fires are wreaking havoc in the los angeles area, south of that first fire we mentioned. the entire town of malibu. home to some of hollywoods biggest celebrities is almost completely abandoned. we have correspondents standing by in two areas seeing the most damage from these fires righ...

Its not that easy just to shut it off for the entire neighborhood. they actually have to go house to house, and in some cases the shut-off valve is where its burning. you dont want to go in there, and its obviously a danger. theyre having to actually dig up under the ground. the gas line to cap it that way. a lot of challenges here for not only firefighters, but also power companies and, of course, the gas companies as well, anna. >> right. thank you so much. scott mcclain and dan simon. please ...

This is just one of literally thousands of homes and businesses that are gone today caught in the path of a wind-swept wildfire, many of which are burning out of control in the los angeles area, and also in northern parts of california. this is just terrifying. people north of sacramento trying to get to safety, driving fast through an inferno. people who made there video were lucky. they made it. at least nine other people had died in these fires. many of them trapped in their cars. bad news fr...

Smell, the smell of smoke and the thick, thick haze in the air. you can still see that here in malibu, though we havent seen flames as we made it this close to the coast. victor, christi? >> good to know. kaylee hartung. take care of yourselves. dan simon is following developments in paradise, california, north of sacramento. dan, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: hi, christi. this is a community of about 27,000 people and the entire town of paradise is gone. now, thats not an exaggeration...

>> i want to turn to scott in malibu where several hundred miles, of course -- several hundred miles away from where dan simon is a separate devastating fire burning near there. scott, show us whats left where you are. the ones it did take, it left almost nothing behind. this is what would have been a large home, and there are some pretty nice ones in this area. were talking multi-million dollar homes. if you look in the back, you can see whats left of the building. what seems to be a guest hous...

Okay? >> everybody is safe, yes. my sister lost her home. every person on paradise town council lost their home. were just going to have to pull together. were all in the same boat, so we all know what were going through. and were going to come out stronger. >> you say that you want paradise to be paradise again. tell me what that means. >> well, its a beautiful town and its a small town. its a friendly town. its just a wonderful place to live. everybody knew everybody and looked out for people....

We got the notice thursday afternoon. i had people over at my house, and we saw the fire start rolling in across the freeway, and thats when my dad and i made a decision that we were going to stay and, my mom and sister were going to leave just in case we did have to get evacuated. later on we figured out that it was going to be all good, so we had them come back and everything seemed fine. were still -- our prayers are still out there for everyone affected by this fire, and are going through th...

Now, things are calm, but there is concern about tonight when theres going to be another red flag warning and winds kick up again. so fire crews want to build more containment lines and get the upper hand on this blaze. fred? >> dan, horrible situation. also very bad south of you. kaylee hartung is in malibu. these flames are showing no signs of slowing down. whats happening there? >> reporter: the woolsy fire stands at 0% containment. since the fire broke out midday thursday, l.a. county and ve...

Welcome back. right now, three wildfires are burning in california, claiming lives, homes, and forcing more than 200,000 people to immediately evacuate. the campfire in northern california is already one of the deadliest and the most destructive in state history. at least nine people have died. 35 others are missing. and more than 6500 buildings and homes have been destroyed. officials say about 90% of the homes in the town of paradise were destroyed. cnns dan simon is near that deadly fire, so ...