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Jackie williams and north ross berry. good evening. >> fire authorities herein new south wales are now breathing a new sigh of relief following a day of catastrophic fire danger here on tuesday. we had very hot, very windy conditions resulting in 50 homes across new south wales being damaged or destroyed but thankfully, no lives were lost. fire authorities say it could have been so much worse and that they were really well prepared for this. it attention now is turning into the cause of these fires, investigations underway with concerns that a number of these places were deliberately lit. in t...

The parts of western united states. one person was killed in a fire near california's border with oregon. the fires have consumed dozens of homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate. our sara sidner has more now from santa barbara county where officials have declared a state of emergency. >> reporter: this is just one example of the absolute power of the fire and winds that have come through parts of california. this is in galena, tight knit community here. if you look at the devastation it's caused to some of the houses here, this one obviously a total loss. there are at least 20 struc...

Border with oregon. the fires have consumed dozens of homes. thousands of people have been forced to evacuate. record high temperatures are fueling the fires as southern california is face ago heat wave. the temperature in some places have reached 116 degrees. our sara sidner has more. >> reporter: this is the absolutely power and winds have come through parts of california. this is in a tight-knit community in santa barbara county has dealt with quite a bit. if you look at the devastation it's caused to the houses here. this one, obviously, a total loss. there are at least 20 structures that ...

47,000 acres but others like the borough fire are continuing to rage out of control. north arizona fire crews had to ground a helicopter because the drone. in forest lake arizona, authorities are looking for an arson suspect that started several fires and then pulled out a gun after responding federal officer. thankfully, that officer was not hurt. >> molly: we understand there is a problem with the personal drone? >> we've been seeing this over the last couple of years, residents go out and put their drones in the air and what happens is the fire crews have to ground their helicopters, the he...