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Acres is a common other occur rens every year now. the resources are spread through the state. >> reporter: california is on track to have an even more devastating fire season than 2020 which was the worst on record with 4.1 million acres charred. >> being from california i'm sure you hear that this fire season will be the worst fire season. every year we hear that. >> reporter: which means the grueling work must go on for longer in days of 100 plus temperatures in some places. and once the big flames are smothered, then the work on hidden hot spots. there is one goal in mind, save lives and t...

>> reporter: a volunteer fire chief in this town of 600 residents, she is often the first one to call residents to tell them their home is gone. >> i'm still kind of numb. i mean, after losing everything that i worked for and everything all these years, it's gone, and everybody says oh, it's replaceable. well, no, a lot of it isn't. >> reporter: saturday kelly grosso lost one of the 16 homes burned in doyle. everyone thought the danger was over. but on monday the fire came roaring back, devouring more homes. chief and several residents were angry that air drops from state and federal agencies ...

Lives and then property. are you proud -- you look around this entire house and it's charred 360 around this house. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: but the house, perfect. >> yeah, the house is still standing. >> reporter: but 250 miles away in doyle, the local fire volunteers are devastated and residents are worried they're at the beginning of what used to be the start of fire season. sarah sidner, cnn, doyle, california. >> they think every year is supposed to be the worst year, and this is the new normal. it just keeps getting worse and worse. "new day" continues right now. hello, i'm brianna...

Burning from the oregon border down to mexico. >> reporter: california is on track to have an even more devastating fire season than 2020 which was the worst on record with 4.1 million acres charred. >> being from california, i'm sure you hear this fire season will be the worst fire season, right? every year we hear that. >> reporter: which means the grueling work must go on for longer in days of 100 plus temperatures in some places. and once the big flames are smothered, days of intricate work gibbs on hot spots. there's one goal in mind. save lives and then property. you look around this ent...

That they have to restart. >> and the town of doyle has been ravaged by a wildfire for the second time in less than a year. more wildfires burning this morning. at this point, in this year than anytime the last decade, forecasters say that the heatwave has certainly peaked, but high temperatures will remain with heat alerts in effect for california and parts of the northwest. deadly climate issues are not limited to the summer. the death toll from the storms and power outages in texas, remember that, that has been revised up to 210. the texas department of state health services raised the de...