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Historic. there are firefighters that/20, 25, 30 years on the job that have never seen fire behavior like we have seen the last couple days. >> the largest blaze, the rocky fire, it has torched some 60,000 acres in three counties just north of wine country. only 12% contained, california fire officials say at least 6,000 structures are threatened. crews on the scene scrambling to build control lines and maintain the perimeter. in some cases, this means setting fire to remove fuel for the inferno. >> last night we burned out much of the grass that, by the time the actual fired burned there, we ...

When you think you will get this thing under control? >> well, to put it in perspective in order for us to fully contain the fire at the size it is right now, we would have to build 165 miles of control lines and it's not straight, easy, flat country. it is very steep. sawtooth mountains. so, you know, we aren't even projecting a containment date right now. gregg: yeah. what do you need more of right now? do you need more firefighters? >> you know, we have 1150 people assigned to the fire right now, lots of resources. they're getting in there. they're doing some amazing firefighting. really mo...