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Been discarded here. take a look at this school bus. makes you wonder if the driver realized that he was in danger and just left the school bus here. keep in mind, this fire broke out at 6:00 in the morning. as you go through town, it is unbelievable in terms of what you see. pretty much every home you come across is gone. you see businesses burned to the ground. schools, churches, retirement centers, you name it. we talked to police officers and firefighters and everyone is basically saying they've never seen anything like this. in terms of containment, right now it is 20%. the fire doesn't s...

Side is like ours, just pretty much rubble. >> the tricky part now is the steep terrain you can see here. firefighters have to go through this as they create containment lines and trying to get rid of a lot of dry brush and catch the spot fires. >> sandra: what a look there. any relief for these crews as they continue to work tirelessly? what's the weather look like? >> well, today it will stay hot and dry but the forecast is good news tomorrow and friday saying cooler temperatures may be on the way. the ferguson fire is another one burning north of here near yosemite national park has forced ...

The weather, particularly the wind. there are a number of firefighters out here. i mean, 3500 have been assigned to it. of course, you have a lot of aircraft that are dousing the flames when they see them erupt. really, it just comes down to mother nature and the weather cooperating. obviously they're trying to do the best they can to put out hot spots when they see them, to put out the flames. you have the hot shot crews trying to build containment lines, but the bottom line is these conditions remain fierce because we're talking about, you know, bone dry conditions and heat. so no matter how...

Fueling the flames for wildfires out west, forcing evaluaticuatin california. heavy rains pummelling states up and down the east coast causing dangerous flash flooding. we'll have much more on the flooding in the next hour, but first let's turn to the deadly wildfires out west burning all across the state of california. one of the fires is called the carr fire forcing thousands of evacuations in northern california, turning deadly, taking the lives of two firefighters battling the blaze. our own correspondent, jeff paul, is on the ground and he has the latest. jeff. >> yeah, liz, we're inside ...

Around narrowly avoiding a police car head-on and turning around going the wrong way on a one-way street. >> nine police cars following directly behind this car. >> reporter: police believe that driver was involved in a triple shooting last night where one man died. in today's chase that man allegedly shooting at five people including a officer. two people hit. finally at noon the man captured. the man's girlfriend pulling him out of the car. police finding a handgun and rifle in the car. >> if we let this guy go, just imagine the damage and the destruction of life that would have ensued. i'm ...