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The intense wildfires. reporter: in california crews are battling a number of fires, and they are work in extreme exy hot conditions. along the california-ore bored, the fire has taken the life one person found in a burned out home. it is just 5% contained. fire officials are explaining what they call extreme fire behavior. this is one of a number of situations where fire resources are being sent in. this super tanker came in from colorado. once ready it will aid with the fight with the ability ...

There is the 416 fire. the dry thunderstorms that will develop later this afternoon may not have enough precipitation to really put out the fire. it could have lightning that could start additional fires and prevent more erratic fire behavior. it spreads out and creates powerful wind gusts. this is the closest location where it is located. you can see the winds there will be rather gusty. 22 degrees. temperatures are down, humidity is up. get a load of this image. you can see why this is threate...

The fire fight could get worse over the next couple days. dan simons has the latest. >> reporter: were on the front lines as firefighters try to keep another town from burning. the fire is coming up this hill. you can see the flames below us, the smoke is billowing. >> small spots only do two or three feet. >> in the hills above calistoga, it is a race to keep up with the flames. endless fuel makes it a daunting task. >> its steep, rugged, theres a lot of thick vegetation. theres winds, spot fir...

Today. >> good morning, actually afternoon. the priority is life safety. they are battling unprecedented conditions. it is something that our 30 year veterans have not seen in their careers. >> we showed middletown, it is so devastated by one of the fires, the many fires burning in california. are any of the fires currently moving to highly populated areas. >> the valley fire is half mile from the napa cooperate line. many people know where that is at. the fire is not what we saw in the initial ...

And that is so different than previous years. can you describe to us what you mean when we talk about fire behavior and how difficult the fires are to fight? >> we have what firefighters call fuelled with nothing but the grass, brush and trees and the amount of water and moisture is at historical low levels. and what that does, it is described as fanning gasoline and makes them receptive to fires and burning with an intensity nothing short of feroshs. they are burn as if they have a santanana wi...

Destroyed and damage assessment teams are trying to figure out why some burned down and others didnt. building materials and wind direction. they dont want to lose an opportunity of how to prevent widespread damage. with four years of drought, fire behavior is unpredictable. firefighters are starting to get the upper hand near sacramento. and the massive rufk fire is 40 percent contained and promise is made on these and other wildfires burning all around california, jenna. it is possible this th...

Daunting conditions for the 10,000 firefighters battling the fires. a u.s. forest service fire fighter from south dakota was killed while working a fire. the married father of two, scouting ways to attack burning fire when he became trapped by flames. as the the fire ravages anything in its path. >> it looked like a bomb had went off over here. its scary. >> reporter: the largest blaze, the rocky fire burned 60,000 acres in three counties north of wine country. >> there are firefighters that hav...

As fire crews struggle to contain the rocky wildfire. the flames are only 12% contained with 60,000 acres charred and no rain in the forecast to help firefighters. this is just the latest in the string of wildfires that burned through 134,000 acres this year. the officials are saying the fires are reaching epic levels. >> the fire is turning historic. there are firefighters who have 20 or 30 years on the job that have never seen fire behavior like we have seen in the last couple days. >> lets ge...

And young girl. more than 13,000 people evacuated as the firefighters are struggling to contain the rocky fire. this is the latest in the string of wildfires that burned through 134,000 acres this year. the fire is reaching epic levels. >> the term im using is historic. the reason i say that is there are firefighters that have 20 or 25 or 30 years on the job that have never seen fire behavior like we have seen. >> forecasters say there is no rain on the horizon to help the firefighters. chin...

And in the case of humbelt, it was 75 lightning strikes in the same area burning in different directions, thiss one fire. everything they know about fire behavior and the way things are supposed to go as far as california fires go, they have to throw out the window for this one. this rocky fire which is where we are. incident command post, this 63,000-acre fire is not following any of the rules. the winds are not taking it the direction that theyre supposed to be at certain times of day. it is n...