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The flames closed in. >> i talked to junior on the phone until he died. he just kept saying grandpa, come and get me. the fire is coming in the back door. come on, grandpa. i said im down the road. he said come and get us. emily said i love you, grandpa. junior says i love you. come and get us. i said im on my way. i said he talked until he died. >> seven people are still listed as missing. we get more from dan simon. >> reporter: dave and laura, conditions are challenging. we are beginning to h...

What he was trying to do, and hit by the reality of what happened. the story of ed bledsoe and so many stories. bledsoe said that no one told him anything about evacuating. he said that his wife had called 911 and they told her someone would come get her. >> for more now, dan simon has been following this story. he has the latest from one of the worst-hit neighborhoods in california. >> reporter: for the first time were now beginning to hear fire officials express optimism about the overall effo...

When he grandpa, the fires coming in the back door. i said im right down the road. >> he said come and get us. and he says i love you. come and get us. i said im on my way. he talked until he died. >> just devastating. seven people are still listed as missing. we get more from cnns dan simon. >> reporter: dave and lawyura, conditions are challenging. we hear firefighters express optimism from the effort. they have 3,500 firefighters working the lines. it seems to be paying off. we are in the lak...

A book that youre ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! dead from the biggest of the 17 wildfires cutting a path of destruction across california. the search is continuing for seven others who are missing. fed by dry weather and triple digit weather, the carr fire has burned through 95,000 acres. 3,000 firefighters are on the front line. the fire is 17% contained. its threatening thousands of homes and businesses. dan simon joins me live this m...

Subdivision. much of the neighborhood looks like this. so much devastation in the community. you are talking about nearly 900 structures that have gone up in flames, more than 700 of them are homes. >> it looks like a bomb went off behind you. that story -- dan, thank you so much for bringing that to us. my heart breaks for that poor man. lets talk about what others are dealing with right now with this fire, like that poor man, where the fire is headed and what folks are doing about it. chad m...

In the world. my grandkids was excellent. she wrapped them in wet blankets and put them at the side of the bed and pull aid wet blanket over here. thats where they found them. >> reporter: as you can imagine, ed is feeling a tremendous sense of guilt over what happened. he never received any kind of warning that he should evacuate. that goes to show you how fast this fire has consumed the community. let me just point out where i am now. we are in redding. you can see this is one home that has be...

Destroyed. right now 874 structures are gone. but fortunately, poppy, fire crews do they they are now making progress. right now they are up to 18% contained and may not sound like a lot but 4 hours ago it was just 5%. hopefully they continue to make good progress on the lines. >> dan simon, cant imagine what it was like talking to that man. beautiful children, four and five years old. thank you, dan. lets get to chad myers for more. they said that this is -- you heard dan say this is 18% contai...

Are dead as a result of that massive fire near redding. among those killed, a woman and her two great-grandchildren who perished when flames engulfed the womans home. a firefighter and a bulldoze operator have also been killed. the blaze has burned nearly 90,000 acres and is just 5% contained. cnns dan simon joins us now from redding. dan, what are firefighters up against right now? >> reporter: well, hi, fred. the conditions remain absolutely brutal out here. its very, very hot today, about 105...

No end in sight, it just amounts to a feeling of frustration and nobody knows when this is going to end. >> all right, dan simon. thank you so much in redding. still ahead, rudy giuliani accuses michael cohen of tampering with secretly recorded conversations with president trump involving a payment to a former playboy model to concealed a alleged affair. what an audio forensics expert has to say about that possibility next. when i received the diagnoses, i knew at that exact moment ... im beat...

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