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Edge of the fire from the air so that ground crews can get in there and build containment lines. more than 1,000 firefighters are in a race against time. >> we are really concerned about saturday and sunday for the next round of offshore wind events come through because the forecast is for either as strong or not stronger winds to come across the area. we will have a big impact on the fire. >> dangerously strong winds forecast to move into northern california and last through monday and will almost certainly trigger the biggest round of these blackouts that we've seen so far. as many as 2 mill...

Transmission tower malfuptioned despite pg&e cutting power to the area. we're near geyserville where the flames supposedly started. >> rubble and blackened trees line the roads here in geyserville. one of 49 structures destroyed when the kincaid fire record through this area the other night burning the equivalent of a football field in length every three seconds. the fire has grown to more than 16,000 acres and 5% contained. it has taken out 21 homes so far. fortunately everyone has been accounted for and no one has been hurt. with better weather on tap for today there is a window of opportuni...

Know -- gotten worse in the last deck eigade and they see it as product of climate change. >> all right, thank you all. let's bring in erika bane, sporks pers spokesperson for the california fire who joins me now on the phone. erika, describe what you have been seeing. >> we have had a really good two days of fire-fighting the last two days. the winds have really calmed down out here so firefighters have really been able to get a handle on the containment lines. we're at 55% right now. we're at 438,000 acres. we expect to turn the corner before this weekend when the wind might pick up again. >...

A grandmother did. >> frustrating, too, now for the 50,000 evacuees who don't know if their loved one survived, or what's left of their homes. before evacuation orders can be lifted, the area needs to be safely secured and the power restored. we are a long way from that. this fire has grown to 125,000 acres, bigger in area than the city of colorado springs. more than 500 firefighters are working. thanks to calmer winds, those crews are holding containment lines and they are keeping the fire from advancing south and east toward the city of oroville, home to some 19,000 people. melissa? >> melis...

Of what our reporter, scott, just showed us, it looks like the apocalypse. what is the plan for today? >> well, the plan for today is to make sure nothing gets across the containment lines. we need to make sure we continue to reinforce those lines and take care of the interior of the fire area so nothing will be able to spread. >> tell us the resources that you have committed to this, the amount of firefighters, the manpower? obviously we all see the effort that is under way, but what does it mean in terms of numbers? >> well, as of last night, late last night there was about -- actually more ...