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Correspondent camila were now joins us live now from San Bernardino County camila, tell us what youre seeing and how theyre able to battle this blaze hey, fred. So right now the priority is protecting the homes in this area were near the running springs mountain community. Its an area that is already under an evacuation order, so people had been told to leave. So the proof that you see here behind me, what theyre doing is structure detection. Theyre waiting to see where this fire is going to com...

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Scientists arent sure what kind of cloud could appear as a wavy sea in the sky and some even doubt the pictures authenticity.

Is the incident command center. already they are telling us they are working these 24-hour shifts to do anything they can to make progress. as you mentioned, 21% containment. already about 200,000 acres burnt. and the problem for today is that there are going to be challenging conditions. were told that these pyrocumulus clouds will likely be over the fires. these are these gigantic clouds weve been seeing. that means theres a higher potential for spot fires and higher potential for rapid growth...

This weekend. according to the national interagency fire center there are now 88 large fires in 13 states. together theyve burned nearly 1.5 million acres. the bootleg fire in southern oregon is the biggest wildfire in the country. in 2 1/2 weeks it has scorched more than 400,000 acres. currently it is just over 40% contained. scientists say the bootleg fire is so intense that its generating its own weather. its creating updrafts of hot air, smoke and moisture called pyrocumulus clouds. they rea...

Currently it is just over 40% contained. scientists say the bootleg fire is so intense that its generating its own weather. its creating updrafts of hot air, smoke and moisture called pyrocumulus clouds. they reach as high as 30,000 feet. sometimes the clouds collapse when the updraft stops, and this creates strong, gusty winds in all directions that spreads fires farther. the clouds can also grow bigger and become pyrocumulonimbus clouds. these tornados can be thousands of feet in diameter with...

Just as the sun heats the air creating clouds, the fires heat, smoke, and water vapor rise, sometimes creating thunderstorms with lightning, high winds, even tornadoes, spreading the fire. watch this time-lapse video of a pyrocumulus cloud forming in a fire over northern california. the pressure building up inside can be dangerous to firefighters on the ground. >> it falls apart, but it falls apart much more violently than a typical rainstorm. and winds come down right back towards the ground. t...

Over the next couple of days. you see temperatures in the triple digits. no chances of rain. we are going to have the sun out. and we are going to have the flames still working their way across the west. temperatures are going to be in the triple digits for tuesday and wednesday for a lot of areas in the west. you look at the win. we really dont have this huge area of strong win. but what you have to remember is that the winds inside of these fires can be much, much stronger than the wind outsid...

Much movement in the past few days. again, because you have those hot and dry conditions. what you are looking at. you are actually seeing those pyrocumulus clouds form and take off. its a fire cloud as its often called is a cloud performed because of that fire, sometimes even volcanos can produce the same thing the key this inc. to note here is that the forecast is allowing these fires they have in the mast and will continue in the future to allow them the perfect conditions to spread. we have ...