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The bottom of the hour now. welcome back. i am randi kaye. live in boston this morning. more on the boston bombings in a moment, but first lets send it over to victor blackwell in atlanta for the days headlines. >> first up, northwest of los angeles, the raging wildfire has nearly tripled in size in less than two days. it is threatening thousands of homes. look at this. this is in the ventura county area. some families are staying to protect their homes. you see a lot of families getting out of ...

Wildfire has nearly tripled in size and burned dozens of buildings. the smoke and flames have chased residents out of parts of ventura county. firefighters struggling to get it under control. cnns kyanug lah. >> reporter: firefighters have gotten the upper hand on the northern flank of the fire. you can see all this charred hillside. this was the scene of a very tough fight for firefighters, this was all once on fire, just on the other side of this hill, and whats known as the spring fire, very ...

Ground smouldering here behind me. thankfully overnight we had cool moist air coming off of the and that will help the fire crews after yesterday were battling fires in 98 degrees temperaturings and in need of relief. the temperature dropped 10-20 degrees and that will help the effort going ahead. we have a spring fire at the moment and in ventura county they are focusing on it is a 43 square mile inside and 28,000 acres. we have seen 15 homes damaged there. 4000 are under threat and they dedica...

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Biggest fire in ventura county, where 8,000 acres have already burned. 2,000 homes could go up in flames and check out the pictures, unbelievable. these are conditions v vercammen found yesterday. >> reporter: the smoke is encircling the entire neighborhood and these people are trying to evook wait. >> flames inching closer to entire neighborhoods, those homes sit empty as owners wait it out in safer locations. stephanie elam joins us, good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: good morning, carol. i...

Joining me here on reese witherspoon. >> youre welcome. he was the founding father of one of heavy metals groundbreaking groups, but today fans are mourning his loss. jeff hannon was the guitar analyst the band slayier and theories about the cause of death are swirling online, including rumors of a spider bite. we went to one of the nations stop expers on spider bites. his reaction coming up next. also, again, watching very closely the flames and the smoke. this fire barely contained here in s...

Four southern california counties. two fires contained quickly. >> when we stepped up several weeks ago, got air tankers in, hired firefighters, will this be what the arrest of the year will be like, will we wear people out? thats the big question. >> reporter: the summit fire, burning 25 miles west of palm springs, a blaze in ventura county began to spread quickly on 25-mile-per-hour winds. erupting between the 101 freeway and the pacific ocean north of malibu, the so-called spring fire charred...

Apartment. it is hot, it is dry, and it is windy. that is a dangerous combination in southern california where right now a massive wildfire is burning out of control. the springs fire in ventura county has destroyed 8,000 acres, damaged more than a dozen homes so far. 2,000 other homes are threatened. several communities and a cal state university campus were evacuated and overnight the flames reached all the way to the pacific coast highway. >> a lot of people are wearing masks in that area. ...

On 25-mile-per-hour winds. erupting between the 101 freeway and the pacific ocean north of malibu, the so-called spring fire charred 6,500 acres in five hours. >> were getting hot, long days, winds, and low humidity, and this stuff is ripe and ready to burn. >> reporter: the number of active fires, including three burning in northern california, that is making this outbreak unusual. >> we dont see this type of activity usually until august or september. >> reporter: in the wake of the summit fir...