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Burned more than 93 square miles. >> reporter: it is a really big fire we're talking about, brianna. 60,000 acres, they say, have burned. they're also saying they have containment of 12%. but there is one big issue here for these firefighters and that's the weather. at least 21 major fires raging in california. fuelled by lightning, gusty winds, and low humidity. more than 9,000 firefighters on the ground and in the air coordinating all available resources to battle the flames. >> the term that i'm using is historic. the reason i say that is there are firefighters that have 20, 25, 30 years on...

Little help from mother nature out west. are they going to get it? bill, how is it looking out there? >> today's not good. then it cools off a little bit toward the middle of this week. it's a matter of time. we were in this historically horrible drought in the west. this weekend just exploded. a lot of lightning strikes out there sparked numerous fires and firefighters can't catch up. these fires -- the fire behavior, they call it because of the weather and dry conditions. and some are saying it's more erratic than they've ever seen. this is what they're dealing with and will be dealing with ...

The night. overnight lightning, winds, and low humidity further fuelling the flames at a time when firefighters normally gain some ground. at least 21 wild fires are burning across california. exacerbated by the state's drought. more than 9,000 firefighters battling those flames. the state's largest wild fire the rocky fire, ravageing counties north of san francisco. this inferno already incinerating more than 50,000 acres. >> there are firefighters that have 20 25 years on the job that have never seen fire behavior like we've seen here the last couple of days. >> reporter: firefighters using ...

Historic. there are firefighters that/20, 25, 30 years on the job that have never seen fire behavior like we have seen the last couple days. >> the largest blaze, the rocky fire, it has torched some 60,000 acres in three counties just north of wine country. only 12% contained, california fire officials say at least 6,000 structures are threatened. crews on the scene scrambling to build control lines and maintain the perimeter. in some cases, this means setting fire to remove fuel for the inferno. >> last night we burned out much of the grass that, by the time the actual fired burned there, we ...

We look at how much dead fuel is out there. what the drought has created is large pockets of dead fuel that provide the base for the fire. >> you had quite a season last year starting may, 2014. tell me a little bit about that. >> i think what was unique about that event was, one, it was in may where we see aggressive active fire behavior. two, the majority of fires we saw were along the coast and historically for us, you don't see a lot of fires on the coast because you have a coastal input. occasionally less winds. historically n our area fires start to the east and move to the west. this wa...