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Counties, 10 people killed. more than 100 people now being treated at local hospitals for fire related industries or health conditions caused by smoke. more than 119,000 acres spans eight counties now burned. one fire in anaheim spreading to over 4,000 acres, destroying at least six buildings in its path. cnn's dan simon with more. >>reporter: this fire has been so explosive, pushed by the high winds at one point the fire gusting to 40 to 50 miles per hour. take a look at this one neighborhood. this is the sky view neighborhood in santa rosa, california. devastation as far as the yoo i can see...

To 40 to 50 miles per hour. this is the sky view neighborhood. devastation as far as the eye can see. you can see the burned out vehicles, the fire smoldering here but we're told 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 though that the fire activity is outpacing any resource they can throw at it. we've seen so much devastation. i saw a mcdonalds that burned to the ground, a furniture store, a hotel. a k-mart. really, it's just unbelievable. at this point, 20,000 people or so have been evacuated. two ...

Please, please reach out to them and assist them. safety is our primary concern right now. >> this will end the press briefing. >> request please. >> interviews afterwards but command staff and mayor, this fire activity is still ongoing. evacuations taking place, we need to get the men and women back to work. thank you. >> you're watching wrapping up a live news conference at sonoma county fairgrounds. variety of public officials, sheriff's office, police department, and many others, cal fire, fire department. all updating the media on what has transpired today and what

Forecasters are whiny, high winds, low humidity. you can make a lot harder for crews to fight these fires. our meteorologists at the fox weather center. dry and hot. >> that really sums it up, check. you're looking i'm credibly warm to butchers today again. humidity only getting lower prayer that's when you start to see some fire activity. high today, up to 113. look up to 113 and death valley. it's not going anywhere. it has been a couple couple ofe can see it right there is a high on monday. the heat extend to other areas. climbing up to the lower 90s. sane into triple digits easy in the pho...

Overnight in the ventura county area. the solomar beach neighborhood, we're told, has been evacuated, as well as nearby campgrounds. it's been a relatively quiet month here in california. two months really. we haven't had much fire activity. but the conditions are extremely dry with the drought conditions we've seen here in southern california. and also we have had the santa ana winds which kicked up this time of year. when you combine those dry conditions and those windy conditions, you can see that firefighters have their work cut out for them this morning. they're getting help from l.a. cou...