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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...

Active fires, including three burning in northern california, thats making this outbreak unusual. >> we dont see this type of activity usually until august, september. >> reporter: in the wake of the summit fire, one man is dealing with immeasurable loss. his mother, who bought this home in 1973, passed away just one month ago. >> thank god i wasnt in the house when it happened. thank god i was able to get my dog out, and my mom was watching over me. and so are the neighbors that are around. >> ...

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Mandatory evacuation order. >> our car is packed up with pictures and everything else that we cant replace. >> reporter: students at california state university channel islands were also told to leave their campus. air tankers battled the blaze from the air, but some residents on the ground took matters into your own hands. >> try to get everything moist so it slows it down. >> get the hose back from my neighbor so i can get the flames back down again. >> reporter: a handful of other fires are b...

Area. very dry in calm reu camarillo, california where one man lost everything. >> i lost my mom a month ago. i didnt think anything would get me down after that. just this here aint going to get me down. ive got to pick up my bootstraps and carry on. martha: carry on. good nor him. william la jeunesse is live in los angeles. isnt this early for wildfires? we dont usually see them. >> the conditions are like august and may. temperatures will be in the 90s today. you add 30-mile an hour wind and ...