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Have had to evacuate all of the hotels that are full, and some of the evacuation centers have reached maximum capacity, and so you have people out of the home, and many of them wondering if they have a home to come back to. ana. >> dan, what are the biggest challenges right now for firefighters? >> well, really, it is the elements, and another hot day. i just check ed the temperature and it is about 105 degrees out here, and so battling this heat of course is very difficult can just when you are...

A whole week. cnns dan simon is joining us live from reading. tell us what you are experience there, dan. >> conditions remain challenging. for the first time, fire crews are expressing optimism about the overall effort. ill talk to you about that in a second. first, were in the lake reading estates neighborhood. it is just amazing when you walk around and see some of the devastation. check out this trash can which is just totally melted. and then look at this over here. on this driveway. you ca...

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Cell phone at the house, and they have not been able to get in touch with the relatives, so officials are optimistic they can track some of the people down, and that number is going to be reduced. right now the death toll is at five, two firefighters and three civilians losing their lives. fred. >> thank you, dan simon. ahead in the newsroom. he said, he said, and rudy giuliani is accusing michael cohen of doctoring the tape that captured a conversation about payment to a former playboy model.

The west coast. really, its up to the regional crews, regional management crews to determine how many firefighters they want to throw at any particular fire. this is really the worst one in the state as a matter of fact, this fire already ranks among the top 20 destructive fires in california history. so this is already a historic wildfire with more than 500 structures burned. once again, who knows how long this is going to go on for. >> all right. dan simon, thank you so much. so at least thr...

>> explosive dangerous fire behavior is how the officials are deskrik what tcribing what could face battling massive wildfires in california. 12 people are missing and 5 others are dead. they include a woman and her two great grandchildren who perished when the flames en ggulfed the womans home. the blaze has burned nearly 90,000 acres and just 5% contained. cnns dan simon is joining us from redding. when do the firefighters believe they might get the upper hand here? >> well, the conditions rem...

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To be here. >> you just cant believe this is happening in your community. >> that house is my whole life. theres just one thing thats in that house that is not replaceable to me, and it sounds silly, but its a car that ive had since i was 17. it was my first car. if it gets destroyed, theres no replacing that. >> we didnt think the fire was going to come here. so, we didnt really take things out. like everybody else that was scrambling at the last minute to get out, when we saw the fire on the r...

Same way you would see a thunderstorm develop as the heat from these fires just continues to rise upwards. we are talking about large area impacted, nearly 90 fires -- 90 large fierps across the a good part of the western part of the united states and you see the shading here underneath the fire symbols of orange and red. those are areas in severe or exceptionally drought. the perfect conditions. dry conditions, unlike last fall when we had the santa barbara fires they were fueled by the sanitia...

President trump has now declared an emergency in california as wildfires consume thousands of acres. people are running for their lives. their homes and neighborhoods burst into flames. there is a race against time, and the elements, as authorities are searching for a great-grandmother and two young children who went missing when this filedfire roared through the city of reddinging, forcing thousands to flee. officials now confirm at least two people are dead, three are missing, 500 structures a...