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Massive fire in the queens neighborhood of new york. also known as breezy point. at least 50 houses have burned to the ground. look at these images. joining us on the telephone is new york city councilman eric olridge who represents breezy point in that area. thank you very much for joining us this hour. we know a couple hundred firefighters are battling this blaze right now. it looks out of control. is it? >> it absolutely is out of control. total devastation. there is no other word to describe it. just to think that an entire community in the city of new york could be devastated or wiped out...

>> good morning. >> gretchen: thank you for joining us. i know you're watching this from afar. you were one of those who listened to the experts and got out of the neighborhood, right? >> yes. and also i learned yesterday, we returned back to rockaway and i work for the councilman and we tried to get people president obama leave and they didn't heed the warnings and they stayed behind and that's my concern right now and it's the concern of everybody from the community is the safety of our friends and family that they didn't want to leave. >> steve: absolutely. we had the councilman on a little...

More than 200. there are three volunteer firefighters helping battle the blaze. they are on a race against the clock. the wind is kicking up. the high tide is going to rise again and people are just very concerned about the amount of destruction out there and trying it get the situation under control. this has been a storm of biblical proportions and we are just praying for the best right now. >> brian: all right. eric, thanks so much. we'll check in with you again and hopefully next time valley better news. >> steve: long island, one of the hardest hit areas, storm surges up to ten feet. now ...