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There's 88 fires of 100 acres or greater. the graphic goes up. we're continuing to see more and more fire activity. spots where there's elevated fire danger, this is running into northern nevada, running to the pacific northwest. you're talking about oregon, areas where the winds are high, the humidity is low and yes, these temperatures continue to be above the seasonal average. things are heating up and you're streaking across oregon, washington. we're talking about feels-like temperatures in someplaces that don't typically see this, running up to triple digits. that's the case today and will...

>> as of yesterday evening we're looking at 17 significant fires throughout the state of california. as we progress each day, we're getting better. we're fighting those different types of fires. right now other fires are taking their place. the carr fire grew to 110,000 acres over the night. there is a lot of fire activity and we hope to see some weather changes the latter part of this week into next. >> sandra: that is the big wild card right now, the weather. what is in the forecast as you look out into the week, scott? >> thursday we're looking at the temps starting to drop. not dramaticall...

California has experienced considerably more fire activity this year than in the same period last year. and the worst of the fire season is yet to come. three people killed and seven others injured in a shooting in new orleans last night. at this hour police are still looking for two gunmen they say fired into a crowd outside of a restaurant. some three miles from the french quarter. then ran off. investigators are still looking into a possible motive. i am jon scott, back now to the greg gutfeld show. greg: now, if i were nikki haley and who says i'm not? i would ask high school kids to rai...

You see a tornado. a very rare thing to happen. we saw a tornado go over what was a 12,000 acre fire. you can see the 416 fire that has been burning for several weeks now. it's about 41% containment. we still have an exceptional drought taking place across the u.s. in fact, over 38 large active fires burning out of control across western portions of of the united states. breezy, low humidity, high temperatures, all fuel for the flames across this area. the potential exists for more fire activity. and we focus in on southwestern california where temperatures are really going to skyrocket this w...

Burned. one fire in anaheim spreading to over 4,000 acres destroying at least six buildings. cnn's dan simon with more from california. >>reporter: david and christine, this fire has been so explosive pushed by the high winds, at one point the fire gut gusting 40 to 50 m miles per hour. this neighborhood devastation as far as the eye can see. the fire smoldering here, but we're told that the fire is still active in certain places, crews doing whatever they can to get the blaze under control. i'm told by the fire official that the fire activity is outpacing any resource they can throw at it. we...