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Whit, because the forest service is calling this a national crisis, they are moving away from the way they've been fighting fires. they're moving away from so-called let it burn policy and now saying they're going to throw every available resource at fighting fires threatening communities or infrastructure. whit? >> all right, matt gutman for us tonight, thank you. next, more people caught in the air travel nightmare tonight. spirit airlines grounding 60% of its flights today. more than 1,000 cancellations in just four days. how spirit is explaining all of this tonight. here's abc's victor o...

The telegraph fire rages on his arizona. people are losing a lot. kids are showing up and showing appreciation to the brave men and women battling the blazes by writing thank-you notes and making fresh lemonade. fire officials have gotten more than 1,000 notes to say thank you. they've got monetary donations for families. they say they're going to turn it around and give it to the salvation army and local homeless shelters to help communities where they are busy fighting fires. >> that's a terrific story. thanks for sharing that. i want to share this one the great state of texas. i think you l...

The boarder with mexico. th had ttu vaccination sites into water sites today long lines for bottled water as vaccinations were put on hold. and so many now facing the cost of repairing their homes. the burst pipes. this man returning to his dallas apartment to find it destroyed. fighting fires in this water emergency. frozen hydrants in san antonio slowing the battle against this raging blaze. hospitals facing water shortages as well. houston's memorial hermann trucking the water in now as emergency cases rise there. the texas governor greg abbott said today ercot told him they were prepared f...

Mostly volunteers at front lines and in control centers tim klukas and robin wills among the experienced americans who came last month. the scale of the devastation here staggering. at least 25 people dead, an estimated half a billion animals affected. >> the magnitude of it and the scale of so many large simultaneous fires destroying property at one time is extremely unique and i've never seen anything like this in 30 years of fighting fires. >> reporter: flames so powerful they can form their own weather. on the weekend, one massive fire jumped a river, igniting new fires that expanded the d...

Highchairs. >> some people brag about how long the baby sleeps. >> reporter: and the running joke is don't drink the water at the station. how did this happen? ( laughter ) so-- >> it was not planned. >> reporter: are you sure, not reanned? t> no, not planned. >> everybody asks if it was a pact. actually, nobody even talked taout it. >> someone said, "oh, they're putting out fires but they're making them in the bedroom." >> smile! >> reporter: some of the dads are already back at work and have this new perspective on the calls they respond to. >> i'm a lot more empathetic about somebody else's...