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Just been wreaking havoc across southern california over the course of this week. fires popping up seemingly everywhere across this region. look no further than where our crew is, start with the getty fire in los angeles. then went to deal with the easy fire here in ventura county. the one threatening the ronald reagan presidential library. yesterday in san bernardino dealing with the hillside fire and here on the site of the maria fire smoldering now in the background. people were out trick-or-...

Drones to take pictures. >> this created quite a dangerous situation. its not only illegal but hampers our fire fighting efforts. so, please anyone in the area with a desire to do such a thing refrain from doing so. let us get our airborne assets. in. >> in sonoma county the kincade fire has burned 77,000 acres. its now at 65% containment. officials are allowing thousands of evacuees to return home. >> neighbors that are back now, we all hugged each other. we are happy to see our homes and each ...

Hillside fire, evacuations are lifted in san bernardino and residents can return home. 850,000 people inventory county under critical fire weather warnings. >> the winds of died down as well. a corrections officer killed in a brutal attack by an inmate is remembered as a dedicated role model. jane lee spent six years with the sheriffs department in arizona. he died this week after deputies say he was slammed into a concrete floor. the child molester filed a complaint earlier this year accusing h...

>> reporter: tonight, new fires in southern california burning homes and forcing evacuations in the middle of the night. in riverside county, embers from the 46 fire filling the air, raining down on these terrified horses. a race to get them to safety. a frantic scene at this shelter. >> grab a leash, grab a dog. >> reporter: volunteers rushing to rescue more than 90 cats and dogs. shifting winds hurtling debris, creating challenging firefighting conditions. this right here is an example of what...

Democrats-only effort to hurt the president. and, of course, today, that vote, as you saw, not a single republican voted in favor of the inquiry. so, look for the president to continue to have meetings with republican lawmakers, like the ones he had today, to ensure that they stay in line while his legal team continues to stonewall an investigation that they say is unfair illegitimate. >> and as you say, jon, no question, the partisan battle lines drawn tonight, very clear. jon, thanks. we mov...

Another blaze erupting and engulfing homes just east of los angeles. millions of on alert for powerful winds and other dangerous conditions that could spark new fires at any time. cnns nick watt is joining us from san bernardino covering this breaking story for us. what are you seeing there on the ground? >> well, wolf, here in california, still more than 17 million people are under these high wind red flag warnings. thats not far off half of the population of this entire state. you mention new ...

Of the hillside fire with more on condition theres today. tell me some of the stories youre hearing from folks there. >> reporter: the stories are absolutely heartbreaking. stories of people getting woken up in the middle of the night to flames and in some cases having to grab what they could and scramble to their lives. this is the aftermath of the hillside fire here in san bernardino. this family literally had minutes to get out when they actually did, and when you talk about the wind and extr...

You can also see the ferocious santa ana wins fanning the flames there. you can see just how fast the smoke there is moving. of course this is making it challenging for firefighters who are trying to contain this and so many wildfires there. mandatory evacuations are under way. omar jiminez is live with the breaking details from san bernardino. omar? >> reporter: with that hillside fire that we have been seeing, the new one thats popped up in san bernardino. i mean, those images of literal homes...

The week. as you can see, this hillside fire, the newest one, one of more than ten fires burning across the state of california wreaking havoc on southern california at the very least. with this one, the first reports of this fire in san bernardino came in two hours ago. it was described as a vegetation fire at that point. a literal hour later is when we got an update from officials saying this was now burning more than 200 acres to give you an idea of how quickly the fires are expanding here an...

Brian brian fox news alert now. brand new fires sparked overnight in california. ainsley: it is one of nearly a dozen wildfires raging across that state. steve: christina coleman is live in simi valley where flames narrowly missed the reagan presidential library yesterday. kristina, they came yards from it, right? >> thats right. just within 100 yards of this center very scary tense moments yesterday. the winds still moving strong in the simi valley, fortunately firefighters were able to keep th...