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Certain neighborhoods will wait for the police to come to their aid first before they enter these neighborhoods. in this case they are creating these fire lines, police lines and the firemen are following ahead of that. something theyre doing, theyre plugging holes in the fire hoses which makes it very hard to extinguish the fires. >> we watched that last night. unbelievable. thank you, joel. the time now, 19 after the top of the hour. a race against time to find survivors in the rubble after ...

You would wonder why they arent responding in that way. whether theres been order gienven or not. the fire lines down here and the police line up there just 50 to 75 yards. theres a swat vehicle and all that stuff, and theyre not moving down to stop it including the fellows in those cars crashing into each other, and i think we actually have another car down there on fire as well. its 11:00 tonight in baltimore and the city is certainly on the verge of burning tonight. >> we continue down here. ...

From across the country are on the front lines of this intense battle. what began last monday, as four small fires sparked by lightning exploded into a mass inferno, now scorching more than 380 square miles, roughly four times the size of seattle. some of the clearest pictures of the fire coming by drone. flames wiping out railroad lines. leveling some homes but sparing others. warren smethers lost his dream home that he purchased just three weeks ago. >> i try to keep looking on the positive si...

From across the country are on the front lines of this intense battle. what began last monday, as four small fires sparked by lightning exploded into a mass inferno, now scorching more than 380 square miles, roughly four times the size of seattle. some of the clearest pictures of the fire coming by drone. flames wiping out railroad lines. leveling some homes but sparing others. warren smethers lost his dream home that he purchased just three weeks ago. >> i try to keep looking on the positive si...

Theres only two populated areas within this. brewster and pateras. even the evacuation center, which was in pateros, had to be evacuated. we lost a lot of homes there yesterday. in total, 100-plus homes lost or damaged. 1,000 or so evacuations in total. this fire is only 2% contained. the forecast for today again almost like yesterday, near 90 degrees. whats important for the firefighters, yesterday they had gusts of 40, 50 miles per hour. the winds will be much lighter today. theyre hoping to g...

County. one person did die trying to save his home from the flames. some 35 hot shot crews are on the fire lines right now. they may get a break from the weather with cooler temperatures and lighter winds in the forecast. time for an "early start" on your money. fares of gaza and malaysian airlines putting a damper on stocks. european shares down this morning. asian shares also ending the day mostly lower. look at the u.s. stock futures, they are pointing lower. historically, shares have bounc...

Command center in flagstaff. this is a shame because this is one gorgeous area. >> reporter: tough to see such a beautiful place burning, carol. and firefighters are just now going back out to the fire lines. were seeing a lot of activity. you might remember this parking lot behind me was full before the break but all these crews just wrapped up with their morning briefing. we were there. we got mostly good news. with he see crews from six different states out here helping in this fight. nearly ...

Fire. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, carol. 7,500 plus acres are burning. this fire largely uncontained with hundreds of homes still threatened. you see crews gearing up to head back to the fire lines. well take you there and give you a look at some of the challenges and conditions facing firefighters today. captain: this is a tip. bellman: thanks, captain obvious. captain: and heres a tip. when you save money on hotel rooms, its just like saving money on anything else that cost...

Making huge dumps of water, fire retardant, and theyre pucksing their fire lines on the burnout operation. so basically, controlled burns where theyre able to sort of get ahead of the fire, put fires there, get the fuel out of the way. and thats going to be the key as this firefight continues, wolf. >> ana cabrera, thanks very much. just ahead, incredible pictures of a mountain climbers escape from death. but first, this impact your world. >> he has photographed presidents, heads of state an...

Partially standing gas lines spewing. fire lines down. weve had some casualties. its too early to confirm how many. when i came up through town, you can see there were people everywhere. people trying to help them. they set up a triage center across from city hall. we do have some folks that ha have -- that were killed in the storm. we have an air evac station here across from city hall. they have several helicopter he flying people to local hospitals. right now were trying to do a search and re...