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Hour. if they can keep it down tonight they hope to get on top it but it's a huge job. turn off the light so you can see how it looks in the foothills of santa barbara. the entire hillside is just fire. when the winds pick up, that fire is pushed directly toward santa barbara and that is the concern they have right now. it burned near carpenteria. and burning towards santa barbara. the towns of monisoto is in the line of the fire that will not quit. all wind-driven. the dry, dry brush. the humidity levels in the brush here has been below 10%. firefighters hope that if they can get on it tonigh...

The other fires. there are a total of six fires. this is where there really trying to contain this fire because it's simply so large. what you're seeing burning behind me is an area that looks like the firefighters hope to burn out, there's so much brush up there, dry brush. it's been 250 days without any significant rain here. the winds still out of the northeast, that dangerous red flag, dry weather wind warning is in place for another four and a half hours. firefighters hoping they'll be able to make night drops if the conditions allow, those helicopters a major game changer in dealing with...

But like you said, memories of a lot of years. >> reporter: back here in santa barbara county, it's at night when the fire's fury is most visible. you can see it churning in those hills. it continues to march northwest. but it's not just the wind. it's also the dry brush. 250 days here in california without any significant rain. kyung lah, cnn, santa barbara county, california. >> let's go to the cnn weather center. now meteorologist julie martin is standing by. julie, the weather conditions are really key to putting out the fire. so how is it looking? >> that's right. and adds kyung was menti...

When the fire's fury is most visible. you can see it churning in those hills. it continues to march northwest. but it's not just the wind. it's also the dry brush. 250 days here in california without any significant rain. kyung lah, cnn, santa barbara county, california. >> and in the face of all of this, governor jerry brown has a sobering message for californians. get used to this. >> yeah, he says climate change is exacerbating the flames, and they're only going to get more intense. >> this is the new normal. and this could be something that happens every year or every few years it happens ...

From the 405 here and ran down the valley. >> right now the primary objective for you guys is obviously defend life and property. >> correct. at this point, yes. >> reporter: so can you talk to us about the tactics being used right now? what are we looking at here? from the top, we're in someone's back yard here. you're looking down at other homes and trying to keep those flames away. >> all this started from embers being thrown downwind here. what we're trying to do is allow it to run up these hills and these homes up here. and all the dry brush. >> we're talking about an area that has got a ...