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Finally tonight here, america strong. the little girl celebrating her 5th birthday. dad wasnt there, but still, one giant bear hug. meet the vie yeah ga from san antonio, texas. david in basic training, mom vanessa and their little girl, eliana, who just turned five. david is at ft. jaxson, south carolina. he wasnt there when she opened her gift, but watch as she pulls out her teddy bear in army fatigues. >> it looks like daddy! >> yeah? can i show you something cool? >> yeah. >> reporter: mom p...

Finally tonight here our persons of the week. they are california strong. tonight the heroes and the bravery in california. vicky walker hugging this firefighter to say thank you. firefighters across california saving lives, homes and so many family treasures. and this image, the mail truck still stopping at mailboxes, a haunting moment but still, a moment of dedication. the county sheriff who told me about one deputy who saved families standing with them on a dirt patch. the fire all around the...

Rosa, row after row of beautiful homes, full of life. this is the same street today. there is nothing left, nothing. and now, with more strong wind in the forecast, firefighters are desperately trying to put out hot spots. what worries you the most? >> that the red flags may-- may push this fire in other direction. so these firefighters right here are literally the line between the front of this fire and thousands of homes that are being impacted right now. >> reporter: and that wind is already ...

All racing to put out these fires before the winds pick up. david, theyre dropping as much watter as they can on this fire thats moving quickly down the mountainside, because theyre concerned about winds that are expected to pick up throughout the night. david? >> all right, linzie janis with us, as well. linzie, thank you. and were thinking about the firefighters on those front lines, losing their own home and property. lets get right to rob. they were telling us yesterday if the winds pick up,...

Front lines are pushed to the limit. nearly helpless against their enemy -- the wind. >> these fires are just literally burning faster than firefighters can run. >> reporter: racing to save others, while their own homes burn. >> myself, several of my friends, i understand we have at least seven of us from santa rosa fire department, several from santa rosa police department, that did lose their homes. >> reporter: since exploding sunday night, the fires still out of control. torching 170,000 acr...

We are so sorry for the loss of your home. we are looking at the pictures right now which are just crazy to see. sorry for that. more importantly, how are you and how is your family doing? >> the family is good. obviously thats the number one -- we are kind of figuring it out as we come across things that we need to worry about, and the support has been unreal. we are just kind of taking it one step at a time. >> you have an 11-month-old little girl and its hard for anybody to flee their home, a...

>> it was so moving, it was very powerful. this is the "cbs evening news." >> quijano: good evening, im elaine quijano. this is our western edition. much of california is on fire tonight, or at risk of going up in flames. red flag warnings meaning conditions are ripe for wildfires are up all over the state. more than 20 major fires are burning. 15 of them started in just the past 24 hours. and they are moving quickly, fueled by strong winds. they have already burned more than 70,000 acres, destr...

>> yes. gillian: what should at adults do? we get training impart it to our children? >> you could do it in many ways. do it as parental unit. do it in schools. you can have community classes in your neighborhoods, where the local fireman or personnel from the hospital can go and teach. there are many ways. the point we need to expose our communities more than ever on first aid, as we saw here in vegas, a lot of life-saving things that happened is because the citizens took it upon themselves to ...

You get in where you fit in? >> in the iics world, we try to get the arms wrapped around the problem and we find strategic points where we have supervisors to begin utilizing resources appropriately and managing whats going on. >> trace: its got to be this monumental task. you are in this tent, and i hate to ask was, but were there people that were mortally wounded inside the tent? >> yes, sir. we tried to save that space for injuries. we could have an impact on. unfortunately, there were some t...

You get in where you fit in? >> in the iics world, we try to get the arms wrapped around the problem and we find strategic points where we have supervisors to begin utilizing resources appropriately and managing whats going on. >> trace: its got to be this monumental task. you are in this tent, and i hate to ask was, but were there people that were mortally wounded inside the tent? >> yes, sir. we tried to save that space for injuries. we could have an impact on. unfortunately, there were some t...