they will -- they're going to need all of their energy and resources to just deal with this, so the schools will be closed tomorrow, that will also give them a chance to get that accounting of residents that they've been worried about throughout the evening. let's go to dan kerman live near the scene. >> reporter: hi, heather, we are now at the end of sequoia where we've been most of the night looking down in the valley, where the fire has been burning and continues to burn. what's different now is, we are seeing different kinds of plumes of smoke. we've been keeping our eyes on the winds for much of the night, and they were really kicking up the last several hours, in the last half hour, winds have really died down, which is going to help firefighters, as you saw all throughout the night, we saw a big gust of smoke moving into the easterly direction. we're seeing bits and pieces of smoke in various areas. if we push in, can you see a little bit of that, these are most likely at homes where fire crews are putting a lot of water