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They did say that there was 25,000 calls made, 5,400 text messages sent out to folks. i'm not sure exactly where these numbers break down to, but butte county says there was an attempt made to warn people. they also said that this fire behavior is unlike anything we've ever seen. we've heard that consistently. huge firestorm comes in waves. it gets attracted to things that would be flammable. those go up, and then the rest of the town stays intact. that didn't happen in that case, probably added to what happened in, you know, when that firestorm erupted but it's not known exactly what corners ...

Rapid rates of spread and aggressive fire behavior. >> the images we are seeing are just devastating. a lot of people that don't leave in california here on the coast wonder what is happening to the people who have been killed. what types of warnings and how far ahead of time are people warned and are they heeding the evacuations? >> i cannot speak to the high number of fatalities in the northern california fire. we have not had that down here in the woolsey fire. we are very aggressive in our evacuation orders. we are blessed here in southern california and throughout the state of california ...

President's tweet, it makes no sense anymore to dig into why he's doing that. but if you sat down with the president right now, given your expertise, what would you ask of him as it relates to what's happening at this moment, because those fires are still raging. >> right. if we look at the federal level, the president has declared the end of july a federal emergency for the fires here in the state of california. i think that fema aid is necessary. i do think that more support for u.s. forest service, department of interior, bureau of land management, who are managing these wild lands, 57% of ...

State of california. the ones that seem to be getting the most attention are a fair of fires burning north of san francisco. that's the mendocino complex fires. those fires, not much containment on them right now. forcing 10,000 people outside of their homes and firefighters say they're worried that if they don't stop this fire soon, that it could start encroaching on nearby towns. >> the fire behavior we've seen and the burn rates we've seen and how quickly it moves, that's why we're taking this seriously and require the evacuations to continue. >> in total we're learning from cal fire, more ...

To hit california. this fire again causing so much damage. it is fire behavior that is increasingly more erratic and leading to fires that are lasting longer and burn hotter and faster. we spoke to a fire captain of this happening and the behavior they are seeing of the latest fires. listen to this. >> extreme is not even the right adjective to use anymore. it is an under statement because fire is exploding in california. the biggest concern is the safety of our firefighters and the safety of the public. >> again, so many structures now burned. six people dead and mostly the population are eld...