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Have actually been leaving 2000000 hectares they've given up on them simply because they're too hard to reach that's a huge territory as well according to russian law this is actually policy there are so-called control zones that authorities have simply declared too hard to reach in case of a fire where authorities by law aren't obliged to put them out and there is actually a law from 2015 as well that states that if the cost of fighting fires exceeds the potential damages then also already is do not have to put them out so this is kind of a policy here in russia but you know greenpeace is cal...

Actually been leaving 2000000 hectares they've given up on them simply because they're too hard to reach and that's a huge territory as well according to russian law this is actually policy there are so-called control zones that authorities have simply declared too hard to reach in case of a fire where authorities by law aren't obliged to put them out and there is actually a law from 2015 as well that states that if the cost of fighting fires exceeds the potential damages then also already is do not have to put them out so this is kind of a policy here in russia you know greenpeace is calling ...

For california, we do get rains in the winter, even though we did have a five-year drought. we got winter rains, and the vegetation grew. the issue is things got very, very hot and the vegetation got very, very dry in the forest, both private as well as the national forest. millions upon millions, perhaps hundreds of millions of trees are dead as a result of climate change and beetles and other stre stressors. we have a forest management problem, and the president is correct about a management issue that we must deal with. mismanagement is the wrong word. smokey the bear, no fires in the fores...

Structures incinerated in more than 200,000 evacuated. for more on the conditions will bring in the meteorologists. >> unfortunately today on this sunday, conditions have not been good for fighting fires. we continue to see red flag warning stretching across the state from northern california to southern california. the wolsey california's 40 miles north of los angeles spreading towards malibu. we have the conditions ready for high fire danger stretching to the national line we can run up with this fire danger whether all the way to northern california getting around the bay area, this would b...

Bringing the death toll now to eight. cnn's stephanie elam is joining us now from what's been dubbed the holy fire in southern california. stephanie, 20,000 people, i understand, have been evacuated. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. and they've actually increased the evacuations and this is part of the reason why. because you see that flame there, right there by that tower, right here behind these homes. and you can probably also see that the wind is picking up here. these are all the concerns in the afternoon when they're fighting fires. and this is what they're dealing with across the state....