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Officials say the highway has not been closed but urge drivers to be cautious while moving through the area.

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>> theres a mad scramble to make sure everyone is out of this area. >> reporter: on the ground, hundreds of firefighters racing to gain the upper hand in the air. helicopters with drop after drop. theyve got two bulldozers up here trying to take out this spot fire. multiple helicopters circling overhead. and all of it is to try to defend those homes down in the valley. >> reporter: residents grateful for that lightning-quick response. >> this time they were on it, man. they were good. the winds ...

Fire crews responded to a vegetation fire burning north of Paso Robles on Monday morning.

It hopped that freeway, and that is why 40,000 people were put under a mandatory evacuation order. 10,000 structures in danger. now, since the sun came up, that wind has also picked up. were predicted forecasts to get gusts between 50 and 70 miles an hour. and the issue is that wind can pick up embers, and thats why -- listen, this house behind me is done. there is no saving this house. but they will continue on this house with the water because that house burning can kick up embers. they can fl...

Firsthand. >> its terrible. its unacceptable for it to repeat. what do we do? regardless of whether you are a believer or not a believer in climate change, there are things we should be doing to manage our forests. it so it doesnt happen every y. prescribed burns late in the season. remove the dead and dying trees. make sure theres access to forest so if you get a spot fire, the fire department can get there sooner. make sure that you prioritize around buildings, evacuation routes, remove the fu...

Is helping also the cool temperatures here in southern california are actually really helping these guys out there and the problem is that when the wind gusts pick up will carry an ember from one home or one spot and then and then throw it about a mile or two away and then that creates a spot fire and then the fire catches up to that and thats how fast this fire is moving we have got agencies from all across southern california coming up to help us today or are not exactly sure if they can get a...

Ooefb hieven higher. what they were expecting tonight was 20 mile an hour top winds to 11:00 p.m. pacific and from then on, up to 30 miles per hour, but it seems those santa ana winds are coming already. we are in if foothills above santa barbara. these are spot fires. you can maybe make out the sun through the smoke. that looks like clouds. its not. its all smoke. swing around up here and look at the smoke in the air f. you go back around to where the thomas fire is burning, you can see this ma...

Those vehicles you see down at that end there was a spot fire, a fire that threw and ember over the road and they are trying to contain that right now. rather than try to turn out these fires, they let them burn at a very slow rate as long as the winds works with them so that they can burn out all of that fuel under there and hopefully create a stronger line at the end of the day. this is a massive fire complex. the fire is literally just north of san francisco all the way to the oregon border. ...

Distinction. his supervisor said hes not going to be charged with this. >> the people in trouble are actually growing the pot plants. heres my question. you pick somebody up. oh yeah we got to pick up a guy and take him back to fort sam. do they give him a drug test when he returns? shouldnt they give him a drug test when he returns? hes active duty. remember hes protecting us right now. he is armed. >> not very effectively, apparently. >> before his release in trade for those top 5 taliban lead...