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Surrounding the death of freddie gray. california wildfires raging out of control. the largest of the more than 20 fires jumping a highway serving as a containment line. this has tripled. it has tripled since the weekend now charring more than 6,000 acres -- 60,000 acres. thousands of firefighters are still on the scene. they have managed to get the fire at 12 percent containment. 2 dozen homes have already been destroyed. 5,000 more still at risk as 13,000 residents flee their home. >> check this out. there's an airport there swallowed up by a massive sand storm in less than a minute. it ha...

27.7 feet. so we are not far off to. give that some perspective, the major flooding occur cans at 24 feet with that river. and recommended evacuations happen at 23 feet. so, a lot of people up there are pretty nervous tonight there have been evacuations ordered around the area. people living around that area. the sheriff ordering people to stay off the road at this point. a big take away from all of this though, the flooding levels we are getting here are comparable to what we got interest from tropical storm debby in 2012. level in 2012 to rain pattern in several days. >> hailey thank you ver...

And in the case of humbelt, it was 75 lightning strikes in the same area burning in different directions, this's one fire. everything they know about fire behavior and the way things are supposed to go as far as california fires go, they have to throw out the window for this one. this rocky fire which is where we are. incident command post, this 63,000-acre fire is not following any of the rules. the winds are not taking it the direction that they're supposed to be at certain times of day. it is not what they expect. so it's baffling to behaviorists and the firefighters and the incident comman...

California, where the fire continues to devour new territory today is nbc's jennifer. it's unprecedented. how are people holding up there? >> it's tough. the firefighters here are exhausted. it's a new firefight every day. it's moving in a different direction through different terrain. and it's shifting. and as much as it's burned already there is still plenty of fuel out there. it's a fuel-driven fire. at one point on monday afternoon it even jumped the highway which they were really hoping would act as a containment line. they couldn't believe it when it happened. and one of the firefighters...

Flames jumped the containment line. and destroyed 20 homes. it is one of 23 wild wild burning in the state that is really a tinderbox after four years of drought. janice we'll get back to you with the wildfires forecast and latest from the scene. claudia cowan joins us from lake port, california. >> reporter: the rocky fire is massive and burning out of control for the sixth. 65000 acre, and roughly burned the area like the city of sacramento. it is only 12 percent contained. flames crossed a critical fire break yesterday afternoon. this is highway 20, a main artery through town that fire crew...