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Point. and at the least one death blamed on the fire. officials say it started when the tree was struck bye lightning. more than 1600 firefighters battling the blaze right now. right now 45% contained and rick reichmuth has stepped into the studio and hes watching the whole thing. >> rick: its amazing 45% of that fire contained and takes a long time for that to happen and know it well, a very rough terrain and conditions have not been good. unfortunately, conditions not good again. you see that ...

Now the top five largest ever in californias history. only one in top 20 ever in the month of december. unheard of to have huge wildfires like this in december in california. weather pattern wont change or yield. fire danger again today. so much. it was such a wet winter last year. everything grew. hasnt rained since february. dried out and dead. fuel for tall fire. 19 million at risk today. against still very dry. not quite as windy as it had been. 35-mile-per-hour winds is not fun and steep te...