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Torched a shed, but fire crews battled fierce conditions to save his house. >> theyre a bunch of great guys, man. every single one of them. i cant even tell you how many of them, i wish i knew their names. >> reporter: but ot be so lucky, with more than 30 fires raging across the western united states. >> the time to prepare was yesterday. we need people to really take the time to have a plan. >> reporter: david, tonight, this fire has exploded on the hillside behind me. you can see those fierce...

Day of it, the good ones and the not so good ones. im inspired by the service of better patriots than me. >> reporter: patriotism rooted in family. his father and grandfather, both admirals, passed down his name and navy career. more than 50 years ago on his 23rd mission over vietnam, enemy fire downed his plane. >> three american planes were shot down and at least two of their pilots captured. one of them was lieutenant commander john mccain. >> reporter: a prisoner of war for almost 2000 days,...

Homes already destroyed. hundreds more in danger tonight. this evening, were going to fly you right over these fires, and abcs will carr on the front lines, leading us off from lake county, california, tonight. >> reporter: tonight, fire crews waging war against the pawnee fire, working around the clock to attack the blaze from both the air and the ground. out of control flames destroying at least 22 homes and businesses. theres a real path of destruction. i want you to show you this food truck,...

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Ground right now, and whats the concern going into the night, wayne? >> reporter: david, the concern right now is staying ahead of this blaze and protecting some 600 structures. the larger concern is what this fire represents to the state of california so early in the season. right here, 11,500 acres and counting. lake county has dealt with fire evacuations and losses four straight years. as one resident told us, hes seen so much fire here that hes worried hes not worried. experts tell us this s...

Minute when they say it was shot down by a helicopter. the syrian military claims the drone was being used to gather intelligence on isis. hours later, israel struck back, israelis officials say during a series of air raids targeting the mobile launcher and other iranian and syrian defense batteries, it encounted massive fire. and it landed on the israeli side of the border, but not before the pilots ejected, one seriously wounded. theyre not saying if it was shot down or had a mechanical failur...

Frontiers washing working with host forces and did they have the right support. >> hans, lets go through the latest in this investigation. and what you take away here from the comments that were hearing this morning from people like john brennan, the former cia director under president obama. >> well, in terms of the investigation theyve got several going on. number one, just an overall operational investigation. we should note this isnt a formal investigation yet because that implies negligence...

But there is an investigation going on. doesnt seem like hes trying to rush the investigation. this is being handled by africa command. they are trying to establish a more detailed timeline, minutely minute if not more detailed of why and how this was so unexpected. the u.s. intel sources who are in contact with these service members, they felt it was their assessment that it would be unlikely that they would be met with enemy fire. why was that assessment as it was on that night? and we also kn...

Washington. hi, kristin. >> hi, shep. the other incredible part of his story, he was injured two days before that helicopter crash. he was firing at the enemy with one hand and dragging a wounded soldier with the other when he was hit by shrapnel in his back leg and foot and his men say he never stopped to treat his own injuries. he spent three days running into enemy fire treating the wounding and pulling them out. he had to convince them to keep going, keep moving. until the helicopters finall...