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And a couple walls and things like that. over here, youll notice the neighbors house looks just like it. same with the house next door and the one on the other side as well. whats amazing is that youll have a couple houses that were completely wiped out, and then next door, you have a couple more that are completely intact. its certainly a bizarre sight to see. the big worry is the hot dry winds coming from inland. theyre expecting them to be in fact, the red flag warning in effect until tomorro...

For you from authorities. this fire has now chewed through 91,000 acres. its also 20% contained. thats good news at this point. its continuing to grow, though, as the winds come through. these hot, dry winds come from inland and go offshore. its not what you want to see. it will be like this until tuesday. this part of malibu, it seems like the worst has come and gone, but look what its left behind. many houses that look just like this one. absolutely destroyed. and youll notice, you hear runnin...

That was a church. again, emphasis on was a church. a kfc no longer after that. more than 110,000 acres have burned. more than 200 people are unaccounted for, and many more are sharing their stories of getting out, the terror, running for their lives in many cases. >> ive never been this scared in my life. >> its okay, mama. >> oh, god. >> just horrible. in southern california, high winds are expected today. which, of course, could make the fires even more dangerous. today, thousands of homes ha...

Unfortunately. >> just came through so fast. i really appreciate it. thank you so much. joining me on the phone is rick mullein, the mayor of malibu, california. also an 18-year veteran of the los angeles county fire department. youre looking at a photo from the l.a. times of the mayor surveying a house while hes on the job on friday. the house clearly on fire. the mayor is joining me by the phone. can you hear me? >> yes, i can hear you. can you hear me? >> i can. thank you so much for calling ...

Which is just outside the city of malibu. i went to that spot yesterday to look at it, and i dont know what happened, but i suspect what happened is that the key moment, they panicked and made a decision to leave and they put themselves in essentially an inferno. at exactly the same time that was happening, i was down the street at a prison, a juvenile detention facility, and when i rolled up, it was right when the fire was coming through. the fire front, 35 people, 22 inmates and 13 staff, are ...

Successful. you talk about, you see some of the neighborhoods -- there are some places where a whole street got burned up. a lot of the places, its one, two houses, and each of those not spreading to the next house is an indication of a lot of effort by people who were there on scene to keep that. because remember, its not just the house on fire. its a house on fire with a lot of wind blowing and blowing all of the embers, et cetera, all throughout the neighborhood. so a lot of effort by people ...

To feel very relieved that their house made it and people who are devastated that their house didnt make it. were all going to come together because malibu is a team, and team malibu will ride again. we have taken it on the chin, and we have taken some serious damage. and were going to get through it, and were going to put the pieces together. there are still parts of -- you know, in the past, in the other big fires like in 93, there was the 101, and it did a certain amount of area, but this sta...

What happened at the prison is what happens when you stick with the plan of sheltering in place. pepperdine is a very defensible spot, and im not sure what all the controversy is about there. but sometimes you have to shelter in spots. and i think that instance with the prison, there could have been 35 people who met their deaths, trying to get out in the canyon roads, but unlike that, they stuck with the plan. i told them to get back inside, and they made it out okay. so life is number one prio...

Its probably an inappropriate time to bring political issues into this. were dealing with it, doing the best we can. ill worry about that stuff later. i want to say i really appreciate, when youre talking about the federal government, they have reached out to help us out. we appreciate that help. the state has reached out also. the county, everybody is working together. we thrive here in malibu because we have good working relationships with every other agency that we interact with, whether it b...