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Left. there was a propane company right across the street from us. not sure if they had anything in the tanks, but i'm sure if they blew, our house is gone. >> reporter: many thousands of residents have evacuated, and a lot of people just like that woman, wondering what's going on with their homes. they really don't know. it's going to take a lot of time to sort of sort things out. at this point, carol, this fire is 0% contained. the good news is the fire is not spreading as rapidly as it wasn't was. hopefully firefighters will begin to make a dent on this fire. a lot of work to do and a lot o...

Towards the epa. the epa says they're doing everything they can to fix this situation. the administrator, gina mccarthy, is coming out to the area today and i'm sure she'll get an earful from residents. >> the epa was at fault. will the epa fine itself? >> reporter: i'm not sure there's any mechanism to do that. i think the goal right now is just to get that area cleaned up as fast as they can. and try to mitigate any damage to the river. but obviously some people would like to see some legal action against the epa. but i'm not sure how that could be accomplished. >> you were lovely to answer ...

Situation. and in terms of where we're going forward, it's going to be up to the federal authorities to try to regulate these drones even further. just before we go, i want to update you on the overall situation of this fire. we're still at a 5% containment. but the flames do seem to have died down a bit. they're not advancing on the nearby mountain communities. but talk about a lot of cars that were either destroyed or damaged. 20 vehicles just on that highway damage. and when the flames went over the highway and advanced on the nearby community, you had another 44 cars that were destroyed al...

Understand but, you know they believe that she is with the lord and so i think they find comfort in that and i think anybody that was in there would find comfort in that. >> such a heartbreaking loss. everybody is just remembering her throughout the entire state. carol, again, this is what we are dealing with here wet mattresses and rugs and this is the first thing that will have to go and now, of course people worrying about the weather. they are looking up at the skies to see what will happen. more rain in the forecast as they are dealing wlt fallout. >> dan simon reporting live from houston...

>> the agency is now requiring airports to install a system that can almost immediately stop a plane sliding down a runway. san francisco had its installed last summer. >> it's a way from stopping the aircraft and creating as little damage to the airplane as responsible. >> reporter: it's glued in place at the end of the runway. as a plane careened into them the cubes break apart. the prediction between the cube and wheels cause the plane to stop. it's already been installed at more than 50 airports in the u.s. according to the faa, it's prevented nine accidents, including this one in charlest...