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Can channel the wind. >> what were the hot shots doing specifically when the disaster struck? >> our understanding and the investigation is still under way right now, my understanding is they were digging fire breaks, where you try to cut something that will separate the fuel from the fire. normally there's a procedure that's done all the time so how could this fire run up on them? back in the 1990s there was another fatal fire in colorado. the reports found the terrain made it difficult for the firefighters working here on this line to see the approach of the fire. if the fire was moving rela...

They believe there are 70 or 80 other homes that are not accounted for, so this number could easily reach over 400 over the next 24 hours. crews are not worried about the devastation and damage right now. they are focused on trying to put this fire out. containment is at zero percent, which is to say firefighters have not built any fire breaks or fire lines around ahead of this fire, so it's burning and moving uncontrolled. that's the big concern today. with these winds, that's certainly another added pressure they'll have to face all day long here, thomas. >> miguel, when we talk about the pe...

America. >> florida, the 28-year-old woman from connecticut was parasailing with her husband off pompano beach. >> they were in tandem being pulled by the pair sell and her harness broke and she fell. >> city official says boat captain reeled in her husband and circled back for the woman. they found her face down in the water and in cardiac arrest. the captain performed cpr until the medic showed up but doctors pronounced her dead at the hospital. police are investigating. kentucky. thick black smoke poured out a recycling plant as crews battled a huge tire fire. folks evacuated two nearby sch...

Inferno devouring home after home. 1,000 firefighters overwhelmed, what they call a firestorm of epic proportions. >> it's as bad as it gets out there right now. door to door, street by street, firefighters inside outside, trying to keep the flames away from buildings. >> reporter: with winds whipping at 65 miles an hour, flames exploded past fire breaks. >> it jumped two ridges and moved three miles in less than an hour. >> reporter: the governor toured from the air and said it looked like a movie set. >> they had trees on fire, people's home burned to the ground block after block. it is almo...

This fire has always been driven by the wind and bone-dry conditions. it was that combination that on tuesday really led to this fire exploding out of control overnight last night. we're told that at least 32,000 people were forced to evacuate, all given evacuation orders very last minute and told to get out quickly. homes were being swallowed left and right. there was one published report that says up to 100 homes were destroyed last night. this fire doubled in size. the winds were pushing the blaze in several different directions. there are reports that the wind speeds were topping 65 miles ...