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Northern california has now grown to be the second large nest in the states history. currently the largest fire burning anywhere in the u.s. and it is now just 21% contained. the fire tore through greenville, california, destroying 75% of that historic town. its one of more than 100 large active fires currently burning across 15 mostly western states. get this. more than 2 million acres have already burned. >> were seeing truly frightening fire behavior. we have a lot of veteran firefighters who...

Of the states seven biggest fires ever, six have occurred in the last year. >> were seeing truly frightening fire behavior. we really are in uncharted territory around some of these extreme large fires. >> reporter: its also leaving behind a trail of misery. >> well be okay. theyll get new toys and everything. but its just memories. >> reporter: and tonight, more towns threatened and new evacuations. >> the fire goes over kitty ridge, then we will leave. >> reporter: if all signs point to its co...

That -- you know, this is range country. juniper, pine, mixed conifer, mixed forest. theyve had months to dry out and cure. wood burns hotter when its dry. so when the fire gets started in those conditions, theres simply a tremendous amount of energy that gets released from the fire. so the wind is driving the fire, intensifying that fire behavior, and as that column reaches up into the sky, it creates the pyrocumulus cloud that weve seen repeated days on this fire. then that system starts to pu...

He runs one of the top fire labs at san jose state university. his team measures plant moisture. >> in april we thought oh, this looks really bad and then may, still looking bad. june, oh, this is looking really bad and now in july its the low of the weve measured. >> the difference between a fire that runs through moist vegetation like this and fire that runs through dry vegetation like this is the difference between a fire that the department might put out and one that might destroy a neighbor...

Then the bootleg fire in oregon threatening the electrical supply to california. that is because of a linkage that forms sort of a central nervous system of infrastructure up and down the west coast. it begins in oregon and runs all the way down toward southern california. its called the california/oregon interchange. it is a sort of interdependent arrangement. it is absolutely under threat by fire at the moment. when you listen to officials describe the kind of flames theyre seeing, its pretty ...

Wildland Fire Terminology 101 and last updated 2021-07-11 20:19:22-04 Wildland firefighters often use terminology unfamiliar to the general public. This glossary is intended to help people better understand the terminology used by fire crews and in news reports. Aerial Fuels: All live and dead vegetation in the forest canopy or above surface fuels, including tree branches, twigs and cones, snags, moss, and high brush. Air Tanker: A fixed-wing aircraft equipped to drop fire retardants or suppr...

To get out, as multiple out of control wildfires rage north of san francisco. the fires more than quadrupling in size in just 12 hours. this glass fire sparked two other fires nearby, so, as you can see here in napa valley, we are essentially surrounded by flames. sirens blaring, families racing to evacuate. >> we left with nothing, i mean, just literally with nothing. were so lucky to be alive. >> reporter: in santa rosa, city buses lining up overnight to take more than 100 senior home resident...

From using feedback to innovate... to introducing products faster... to managing website inventory... and network bandwidth. giving you a nice big edge over your competition. thats the power of edge-to-edge intelligence. the concern for crews is that it is sparking thunderstorms ahead of it. it is sparking its own weather, creating very erratic fire behavior. it is very, very volatile here. >> a dire situation getting

Now and its going to be a positive impact for us. its going to diminish fire activity. relative humidities are going to go up, rains going to fall from the sky and mother natures going to help us put this fire out. in fact, i just drove the fire about two hours ago, and theres very minimal fire behavior right now. so thats a very good sign. there is a concern, though, when you have a freshly burned mountainside and then it gets hit with rain, we have the risk of debris flows. weve seen that in o...

Angeles in aveng angeles. hundreds of firefighters are protecting the homes of thousands of families that had to leave everything behind. joining us now gadi schwartz. whats the situation where you are, the winds are down but the fires are still burning. >> you can see wind gusts just a little bit. we just checked there about 10 to 12 miles per hour. this is the worst it is going to be all day. i am going to show you what happens wind gusts of 10 to 12 miles per hour. it is still not extreme fir...