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Fires. theyve pumped record amounts of retardant so far yesterday. well, well over 330,000 gallons. thats just one air attack base. thats not to mention any of the others in the state that were using. >> you are doing extraordinary work. quickly before i let you go, we saw images of controlled burns. explain briefly to those unparticular how youre able to use the control burns to your advantage. >> control burns were discussing back fires. they are not -- anyway, well leave that, but backfires a...

Look at that amazing imagery of rescuers trying to get a disabled person out, at the same time you see other video of them driving through walls of fire. in those areas that still need to be evacuated, how in the world are people able to get through if you see firefighters going through walls of fire in their vehicles? >> well, this is the one thing that weve noticed over and over. we had that outbreak on sunday where the fire was moving with heavy winds 60 to 70 miles per hour. what you do have...

Towards the community of sonoma, that fire has come out and burned roughly 300 acres. at this point in time the winds are pushing this fire on the outskirts of sonoma, so its not heading into town. there has been damage on the perimeter, but right now its moving in a south/southeasterly de direction. a lot of resources, very flexible, a lot of resources left. as soon as these start to develop, strike team after strike team go by on highway 12, whole base camp pretty much emptied out with all the...

Change and how flexible your teams have to be. the strike teams that youre using over and over again. you know, in waves. you mentioned the air assets. particularly when you have the density of, you know, of smog and smoke in the air, youve got these wind conditions, how are you using the air assets? >> the air assets are available. we have on all the fires in california right now, just to give you a picture, over 70 helicopters are available. on the fire i mentioned, theres roughly upwards almo...

Everyones facing. in fact, cops have been around us all morning long making sure they secure these areas, not letting residents back in. of course, so many people want to see their homes, but at the same time they are trying to make sure the situation is safe, and when you look back this direction and just see the challenges they are facing, theres nothing they can do with that. in fact, weve seen helicopters fly in and try to drop water on it, but this has been the challenge all week long when ...

Hello, everyone, its 11:00 on the east coast. welcome, im fredricka whitfield. we begin with wildfires still raging in california this morning. take a look at this shocking rescue. >> where are you at? >> here! come on! screw your shoe! come on. shes disabled. >> all right, all right. let me get her feet. let me get her feet. >> her husbands right behind you. >> sheriff wants to do a carry out. >> ready? >> hold on, hold on, hold up. house on fire. lets go. got to get her up. got to get her up. ...

You can understand why they are upset and wanting to know more information but right now they cant. >> ryan young, well check back with you, thank you so much. again, 36 people thus far dead and more than 200 others still unaccounted for. deputy fire chief scott mcclain joining me right now on the phone. so, chief, what are you up against to try to further contain these fires? >> well, lets discuss what happened earlier this morning, the nun fire, the fire increased to the north/northwest, just ...

People are under a dangerous red flag fire warning. this comes as more than 20 active wildfires are scorching the state. so far 36 people are dead and more than 200 others remain unaccounted for. this stunning dash cam footage capturing the dire situation right there in sonoma county, deputies driving through walls of flames as trees are engulfed in fire there. cnn national correspondent ryan young is in santa rosa, so, ryan, what are you seeing there right now? >> well, the situation really has...