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Before the wildfires, Kesia Studebaker thought she finally landed on her feet when she found a job cooking in a diner in small US town of Greenville.

Heat waves and historic drought tied to climate change have made wildfires harder to fight in the American West.

The river fire, which is about 100 miles from where i am at the moment, also destroying about 100 structures. so a lot of work still to be done in this area. these two fires are essentially surrounding the town of paradise, which was destroyed in 2018 by the camp fire. we spoke to francine lamb, who owne eed a home in paradise and lost everything she had. she said she understands what people are going through right now who have lost everything. >> i would take them in in a heartbeat. they need a...

Others are still at risk. the river fire, which is about a hundred miles from where i am at the moment, also destroying about a hundred structures, so a lot of work still to be done in this area. these two fires are essentially surrounding the town of paradise, which was destroyed in 2008 by the camp fire. we spoke to franci lamb who owned a home in paradise and lost everything she had. she said she understands what people are going through right now who have lost everything. >> i will take them...

Watching for in these final hours? anything else? >> well, look. i mean, this is going to be the kind of -- the -- the medal-count home run. there are, still, lots of medals up for grabs today and it is a very close race between china, which is currently in first place, and united states in second. japan doing really well, still. the best medal haul that they have had. but its really going to be quite a battle between the u.s. and china over who wins the most gold medals. the u.s. is actually le...

Having frightening behavior. over the weekend the focus is to find people who are still unaccounted for. law enforcement saying that they have already found some, but they will continue to search over the next couple of days. firefighters are working around clock to contain the dixie fire, which has already destroyed about 200 structures. they say that about 14,000 others are still at risk. the river fire, which is about 100 miles from where i am at the moment, also destroying about 100 structur...

Joining us and giving us this important information. >> absolutely, thank you for having me on your show. well, tonight, californias largest wildfire continues to grow as it destroys almost everything in its path. the dixie fire now the third largest in state history has scorched more than 700 square miles and its only 21% contained. at least three people are still missing in greenville after dixie torched the entire town to the ground. cnns camila bernal is in northern california tracking t...

Unaccounted for. we know that theyve at least found 21 people. but they will continue to search, over the weekend. in the meantime, the firefighters working 24/7, around the clock, to contain the dixie fire which has, already, destroyed about 200 structures. but about 14,000 others are, still, at risk. the river fire, which is about 100 miles from where i am, has already destroyed about 100 structures. firefighters have made progress there. its about 48% contained. but still, a lot of work to be...

So one is in high school. we home school her. we had to get the satellite set up. the satellite goes down if the powers not up. so i have to make sure that the power is up at all times. theres no water. they have to be piped in from the well. weve still got to have containers of water. weve got cattle on the property. somebody driving, drive cautiously. out here, im cold, im cold, dad, and its 60 degrees in there. well, i dont have a switch to turn on the heat. adjust it to 75 for you. i got to ...

Heartbeat. you know? they need a place to shower. they need a place to get some food. they need a place to sleep and they need to be hugged. they need to be held, and told that it will get better. it will get better. it did get better for us but it took a long time. a long time. >> reporter: now, after the campfire, franci lamb bought this rv. she keeps it with food and supplies ready to go, in case she needs to evacuate one more time. in the meantime, though, she is dealing with the smoke, as a...